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Squid

Australian giant cuttlefish males (top) and females (bottom) show different coloration in mating displays.

The Weird and Wonderful World of Sex Under the Sea

From penis dueling to pee potions to switching sexes, there’s no one right way of getting it on in the ocean.

Roxanne Hoorn February 21, 2024

Podcast: Searching for Squids with Sarah McAnulty

We journey through the ocean depths, meeting a different cephalopod at each stop along the way.

The Podcast Team October 2, 2023

We asked readers to share their most magical encounters with wild animals, such as Madeleine Oh's story of playing with a baby fox.

9 Incredible Wild Animal Encounters From Our Readers

From playing tag with sea lions to holding hands with an orangutan.

Sarah Durn July 18, 2023

Bioluminescent firefly squid.

bioluminescence

For a Brief, Shining Moment, These Bioluminescent Squid Are Sushi Stars

Hotaru ika are a glow-in-the-dark delicacy.

Diana Hubbell August 18, 2021

A "life-sized", 55-foot sculpture of the Thimble Tickle giant squid of 1878, long regarded by Guinness as the largest specimen ever recorded. Part of the Giant Squid Interpretation Centre in Glover's Harbour (formerly Thimble Tickle), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Division No. 8, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Giant Squid of Thimble Tickle

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

Video • Object of Intrigue

A Colossal Squid Is Hiding in New Zealand

Where did all the big boys go?

The Strange Case of Mexico's Shrinking Jumbo Squid

Too many El Niños have diminished the "diablo rojo."

Sabrina Imbler July 24, 2019

Oh, the things that hit our earholes.

Overheard at Atlas Obscura in 2018

From bioluminescent fungus to random bone houses, here's what we talk about at the office.

Ella Morton December 27, 2018

Cuttlefish Gum

In Singapore, dried, shredded cephalopod is a bubblegum alternative.

Squid ink gelato, in black.

Squid Ink Gelato

A jet-black, vanilla-flavored treat with hints of its marine origin.

Sarasota, Florida

Molly the Mollusk

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

Ika Tokkuri

A squid's body becomes an edible sake decanter.

How to Wake Up a Geriatric Squid

Poking it a little helps.

Natasha Frost March 14, 2018

Wishlist: An Essential History of Giant Squid

"The Search for the Giant Squid" is a detailed account of the ocean's most frightening mystery.

Eric Grundhauser January 5, 2018

That diver looks like he could be in trouble, but really those are just squid babies.

This Squid Egg Mass Looks Like a Massive Jelly Tube

When tens of thousands of baby squid look like one monster creature.

Eric Grundhauser September 18, 2017

Keep an eye out for the invisible glass squid.

Behold the Elegance and Horror of a Nearly Invisible Squid

Researchers recently captured video of a glass squid in the wild.

Eric Grundhauser August 29, 2017

Second Giant Squid of the Year Caught Off the Coast of Ireland

They might be coming for us.

Eric Grundhauser July 18, 2017

Here there be monsters.

Watch a Giant Squid Wrap Its Tentacles Around a Paddleboard

A rare glimpse of the legendary creature in action.

Eric Grundhauser June 20, 2017