Chivalrous Squid?

Chivalrous Squid?

"Male of Dosidicus are gentlesquid." That was today's last hypothesis. In fact, it was the very last sentence of the last slide of the last talk of the first day of the 5th International Symposium…
Squid Egg Masses Are 100% Awesome

Squid Egg Masses Are 100% Awesome

Well! The last day of the squid fertilization workshop was just as exciting, in its own way, as Sunday's fishing excusion.   The workshop's dozen participants hail from Mexico, Peru, Brazil…
Squid Unavailable, Presumed to be Celebrating

Squid Unavailable, Presumed to be Celebrating

Today is the last of the International Cephalopod Awareness Days: Squid Day! Naturally Squid-A-Day is feeling very festive. Sorry I missed Day Two--yesterday was the first day of the squid workshop…
Feliz Dia de los Pulpos!

Feliz Dia de los Pulpos!

Octopus Day 2010 finds me in La Paz, Mexico, eating a homemade corn tortilla with Oaxacan cheese. It is extremely delicious. After the trip to Madagascar, where I found that dairy is just not part of…
The Most Mediagenic Squid

The Most Mediagenic Squid

Humboldt squid: news when you see 'em, news when you don't. Now, the mystery deepens: It seems the Humboldt squid, the locusts of the ocean, have vanished from the Pacific north of California this…
Sonar, Squid, and Oxygen

Sonar, Squid, and Oxygen

US News&World Report has a nifty writeup from the NSF about research on Humboldt squid, featuring my PhD advisor and various collaborators. Both the title and the subtitle make me laugh…
The Robust Clubhook Squid Is Also Quite Large

The Robust Clubhook Squid Is Also Quite Large

Humboldt squid have gotten so much press off the west coast of the Americas that pretty much any big squid found in these waters is immediately labeled a Humboldt. For example, a Mr. Anderson and his…