Researchers from the Physics and Biology Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have discovered two species of tapeworms, or cestodes, in the guts and stomachs of wild-caught ...

S cientists in China have identified a potentially new species of vampire squid, marking only the second known species of this deep-sea creature. This new species, named Vampyroteuthis ...

A species of oval squid from Okinawa, locally known as Shiro-ika, is being cultured at OIST’s Marine Science Station. This animal exhibited amazing camouflaging abilities never before recorded ...

This remarkable young sea is thought to be around five million years old and home to nearly 900 species of fish and ... there were no reports of Humboldt squid in the Sea of Cortez.

The squid has a special symbiotic organ called the light organ, which is colonized by one species of bacteria. These bacteria give the squid the power to glow in the dark, which the animal uses as an ...