🦑🇦🇺 The giant Australian #cuttlefish is the largest species of its kind and gathers annually at #PointLowly to breed. The mass aggregation allows researchers to observe behaviors like #color changing and mimicry within the population.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/giant-cuttlefish-point-lowly

#marinebiology #nature #science #cephalopods #ocean #australia #wildlife #biology #animals #research #ecology

Histioteuthis bonelliana (1851) by Jean Baptiste Vérany, from Mollusques méditeranéens.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/60dc0b5e-2980-4d86-a26c-59e05cffb0c7

#cephalopods #zoology #chromolithography #squid #art #publicdomain

Awesome new paper by Thomas Clements and co-authors!

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2369

Fun fact: despite the name similarity, I have nothing to do with Pohlsepia or Palaeocadmus pohli 😉

#cephalopods #coleoids #coleoid #octopus #taphonomy #Carboniferous

Gigantic Calamary Caught by the French Despatch Vessel Alecton, Neear Teneriffe (1883) by Henry Lee, from Sea Monsters Unmasked
.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6548e941-d517-4fbc-8457-db0b2c83908d

#cephalopods #mermaids #sea-serpents #monsters #sea-monsters #fables #squids #art #publicdomain

🌊🦑 Sperm #whales consume massive amounts of colossal #squid, but we have rarely seen these giant #animals alive in the deep #ocean.

Researchers are now using environmental #DNA to identify species by filtering genetic material directly from seawater samples. The process helps track known animals and search for unknown organisms.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/whats-really-hiding-in-the-deepest-oceans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=whats-really-hiding-in-the-deepest-oceans

#biology #carbon #cephalopods #deepsea #discovery #ecosystem #rov #science #technology #tech #underwater #vehicles #water #stem #womeninstem #tksst #video

New paper out by Dieter Korn and Martina Aubrechtová on a strange group of #Carboniferous #orthoceratoid #cephalopods!

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1048.3231

#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #taxonomy

Here one of my favorite fossil #cephalopods for #FossilFriday:

Pentameroceras mirum from the #Silurian of #Gotland! Those narrow slits of the shell were likely where arms or eyes would stick out!

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐙🩺 How do you perform a medical checkup on a creature that's strong, slimy, and smart enough to solve puzzles?

Animal caregivers like René Carbajal at the #MontereyBay #Aquarium rely on target training to provide stress-free enrichment and health checks for Chica the Giant Pacific Octopus.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/chica-giant-pacific-octopus-monterey-bay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=chica-octopus

#animals #nature #wildlife #cephalopods #marinebiology #biology #tksst #video

🐙🩺 How do you perform a medical checkup on a creature that's strong, slimy, and smart enough to solve puzzles?

Animal caregivers like René Carbajal at the #MontereyBay #Aquarium rely on target training to provide stress-free enrichment and health checks for Chica the Giant Pacific Octopus.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/chica-giant-pacific-octopus-monterey-bay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=chica-octopus

#animals #nature #wildlife #cephalopods #marinebiology #biology #tksst #video