In case you haven't seen it already, here's footage of a giant squid that surfaced (ha-ha) some 3-odd days ago:  This footage ...

OK, I've been bad. It would be downright cruel to you all if I didn't do something relating to the apocalypse. December 21st, 2012 ...

You knewJapan was going to make it on here. Somehow, somewhere, the oceans around Japan, AKA the Weirdness Archipelago, would turn up a mol...

In the interests of givig xhitons and their squishy brethren their due, this blog proudly presents Mollusc Week! Yes, molluscs are weird, w...

The deepsea abyss is full of things that you thought only existed in nightmares. There are things with diminished eyes, huge jaws, tentacles...

Nature is full of awesome mimicry. We've already covered the pseudo-poisonous coloration of the king snake family. Viceroy butterflies a...

Cephalopods, the family including octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish, are among the sea's weirdest residents. Despite not having spinal co...

OH MY GOD A COLOSSAL SQUID! It's a squid and it's colossal! The Colossal Squid ( Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is one of the ra...

I like sushi. As such, I respect that sushi is supposed to be as fresh as possible, eaten cold, and so on and so forth. Sure, you risk mercu...

Monsters lurk in the deepest, darkest depths of the oceans. Life flourishes in the places that sunlight never touches; the abyss is a brutal...

Just when you thought the blue-ringed octopus was the trippiest thing in the sea, along comes this pretty lady. Along with many other cepha...

Cephalopods - the family containing squids, octopi, cuttlefish, and nautili - are some of the trippiest members of the animal kingdom. They ...