Tag: Squid

  • Science & Tech

    Taking a lesson in evolutionary adaptation from octopus, squid

    Two new studies describe path of divergent sensing capabilities, tracking lineage from common ancestral neurons.

    3 minutes
    Octopus.
  • Campus & Community

    An exhibit with legs

    Harvard’s Pacific octopus specimen has lived on campus since about 1883. Now, fully restored, the model hangs in the Northwest Labs building.

    3 minutes
    Giant Pacific octopus hanging from celing.
  • Science & Tech

    How big brains are made

    How squid and octopus get their big brains.

    4 minutes
    Four squid embryos in their egg sac. These are the squid species Doryteuthis pealeii.
  • Science & Tech

    Seeing squid more clearly

    Harvard researchers shed new light on squid eye development and convergent evolution.

    4 minutes
    Squid.
  • Health

    Clues to camouflage

    Chromatic aberration may explain how cephalopods can demonstrate such remarkable camouflage abilities despite being able to see only in black and white.

    3 minutes
  • Health

    Clams, snails, and squids, oh my!

    A new Museum of Natural History exhibit focuses on the enormous diversity of mollusks, which live everywhere from the deep ocean to fresh water to land.

    4 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Soft-bots

    Harvard Professor George Whitesides and his research team have developed an array of “soft” robots based on natural forms, including squids and starfish, that may one day be used to aid disaster recovery efforts by squeezing into the rubble left by an earthquake to locate survivors, or as a way to free up a surgeon’s…

    5 minutes