Ecology & Zoology

Today's squid news comprises four journalistic angles on the same story. See if you can figure out what it is: Squid fishing leads to decline in sea lion numbers Govt 'gambling with the survival' of…

Alternative alliterative title: Long-tailed Light-up Loliginids! I've mentioned the two flavors of squid before: the open-ocean oegopsids and the nearshore myopsids. Most myopsids are in the family…

Extra-glowy squid lures are the new hotness, according to the UK's Western Morning News: Virtually all squid jigs [fishing lures] have luminescent sections, but now available in the South West are…

"How big is the squid?" the fifth-graders demanded when I showed up in their classroom with a cooler on Monday. "Humboldt squid can get up to five feet long--about as big as me," I told them. "But…

I really enjoy getting squid stories from around the world in my daily google news alert. Keeps me from getting too obsessed with the Humboldt and market squid of California. Here's the latest: …

What is the point of a fishery quota if, in the years when you actually reach it, you petition the government to increase it--because there are just so many darn fish, and it would be a shame not to…

Just got back from giving a presentation on Humboldt squid in Modesto. The audience had wonderful energy and the little kids had the BEST questions. Winners: Third place: "What is the smallest squid…

Why do flies like beer?  It's sweeter than you think.  Entomologists say the flies sense glycerol, the sweet-tasting compound that yeasts make during fermentation. The researchers examined…

My thesis is now officially half published*! Can we have a party or something? Marine Ecology Progress Series has just put out my paper, "Effects of temperature on the embryonic development of the…

At the end of 2011, the second season in a row of a suddenly and mysteriously booming market squid fishery, Michael Vincent McGinnis of the Santa Barbara Independent offers a thoughtful commentary.…