Legions of big predatory squid have gathered along the Northern California coast, where they are stranding themselves on Santa Cruz beaches by the hundreds in a mysterious frenzy of suicide. The ...

A group of Humboldt squid swim in formation about 200 meters below the surface of Monterey Bay MBARI The deep sea is vast, empty and dark—not an ideal place for animals to communicate via visual ...

Encounter with a Humboldt This summer, news reports rang with concern that the mighty Humboldt squid was expanding its home turf off the coast of California ...

Jumbo squid is captured in unfamiliar waters A large Humboldt squid has been caught in the Far North, a region of the ocean where the species has never been seen — before this year.

Known as Humbolt squid, the creatures have been roughing up divers and washing up dead on local beaches ever since.

Ninety anglers on two boats from Dana Wharf Sportfishing out of Dana Point harbor Monday night hauled in 530 Humboldt squid, including the largest one – a 55-pounder.

Deep, dark water doesn't stop humboldt squid from communicating. The creatures can talk to each other visually using bioluminescence, and, researchers now say, through changing skin color patterns ...

The Humboldt squid is also called the jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid and squirts ink to protect itself. They can grow up to 100 pounds and 6 feet long and follow food sources.

Marine biologists studying the genetic structure of the Humboldt squid population found it is vulnerable to overfishing by fleets on its migration path.

The Humboldt squid is not an animal to mess with. It’s two metres of bad-tempered top predator, wielding a large brain, a razor-sharp beak and ten tentacles bearing 2,000 sharp, toothed suckers ...

Fishing crew gave two Humboldt squid to Orange Coast College to be dissected.

This Humboldt squid came out of nowhere, slipped to within inches of a fish and then launched a barrage of tentacles like harpoons, a Schmidt Ocean Institute video shows. Video screengrab A rare ...