Once these squid are genetically altered, "they're really hard to spot," even for their caretakers, says Joshua Rosenthal, a senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.

Hummingbird bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi) hatchlings. Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory created an albino strain of bobtail squid (on left) that allows for clear optical viewing of the ...

Heath-Heckman, a professor in MSU’s College of Natural Science, and her team are studying the beneficial relationship between the glowing squid and the luminous bacteria in its light organ.

It turned out that bobtail squid have a second gene that also affects pigment. "When we targeted that gene, lo and behold we were able to get albinos," Albertin says.

Everything is intertwined.” The Hawaiian bobtail squid, which is about 2 inches long and swims in the shallow waters around Hawaii, challenges conventional thinking.

Jamie Foster, an astrobiologist at the University of Florida, always wanted to be an astronaut. While she hasn’t yet been to space, she has sent the tiny bobtail squid in her stead. Foster explores ...

The see-through squid are offering scientists a new way to study the biology of a creature that is intact and moving freely. "It changes the way you interpret what's going on in this animal," says ...

It turned out that bobtail squid have a second gene that also affects pigment. "When we targeted that gene, lo and behold we were able to get albinos," Albertin says.