Friday Squid Blogging: Eating Bioluminescent Squid
March 1 2025Firefly squid is now a delicacy in New York. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: New Squid Fossil
February 22 2025A 450-million-year-old squid fossil was dug up in upstate New York. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid the Care Dog
February 15 2025The Vanderbilt University Medical Center has a pediatric care dog named “Squid.” Blog moderation policy.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: The Colossal Squid
February 8 2025Long article on the colossal squid. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: On Squid Brains
February 1 2025Interesting. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Beaked Whales Feed on Squid
January 25 2025A Travers’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon traversii) washed ashore in New Zealand, and scientists conlcuded that “the prevalence of squid remains [in its stomachs] suggests that these deep-sea cephalopods form...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Opioid Alternatives from Squid Research
January 18 2025Is there nothing that squid research can’t solve? “If you’re working with an organism like squid that can edit genetic information way better than any other organism, then it makes...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Cotton-and-Squid-Bone Sponge
January 11 2025News:
A sponge made of cotton and squid bone that has absorbed about 99.9% of microplastics in water samples in China could provide an elusive answer to ubiquitous microplastic...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Anniversary Post
January 4 2025I made my first squid post nineteen years ago this week. Between then and now, I posted something about squid every week (with maybe only a few exceptions). There...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid on Pizza
December 27 2024Pizza Hut in Taiwan has a history of weird pizzas, including a “2022 scalloped pizza with Oreos around the edge, and deep-fried chicken and calamari studded throughout the middle.” Blog...
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