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 ...

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 ...