Ecology & Zoology

Here at Squid A Day, we are all about the cephalopods. Specifically, the decapod cephalopods, the ones with ten appendages (eight arms and two tentacles). That's my tenuous excuse for veering off in…

On October 8th, Octopus Day, I wrote about the incredibly strange Seven-arm Octopus, Haliphron atlanticus. I invoked its tremendous size, irregular arms, habitat flexibility, and peculiarly small…

In an obituary for biologist Robert Clarke published recently in Marine Mammal Science, I read a rather curious passage about this scientist's observations of Humboldt squid: During…

Today's post in honor of the 2011 Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 12th is Fossil Day.I must confess, I'm glad today is the last of the Cephalopod Days. This heady pace is almost more…

Today's post in honor of the 2011 Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 12th is Fossil Day.I must confess, I'm glad today is the last of the Cephalopod Days. This heady pace is almost more…

Today's post in honor of the 2011 Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 12th is Fossil Day.I must confess, I'm glad today is the last of the Cephalopod Days. This heady pace is almost more…

Today's post in honor of the 2011 Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 11th is Myths and Legends Day.And what better way to celebrate than with an account of the newly discovered Triassic…

Today's post in honor of the 2011 Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 10th is Squid Day.It's the happiest day of the year here at Squid A Day! To celebrate (or perhaps it was just a…

Today's post in honor of the 2011 Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 8th is Octopus Day. There are some weird octopuses out there, I'll grant you. The tiny-but-deadly blue-ringed octopus. The…

Two items of tremendous note today, to wit: The 2011 International Cephalopod Awareness Days begin tomorrow! It's no accident that this date also marks TONMOCON, the fourth biannual gathering of…