Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina ...

A collection of fossils has pushed back the evolutionary legacy of squids by more than 50 million years on Earth. These fossilized beaks emerged from the Cretaceous rocks in Japan, according to Cosmos ...

However, a non-profit ocean research team named Kolossal may have finally spotted a juvenile colossal squid as it traversed ...

There are no internationally agreed catch limits in the region covering squid, and distant-water fleets take advantage of this regulatory vacuum.

In international waters, 200 miles off the coast of Argentina, squid fishing is on the rise, and it’s mostly being carried out by Chinese fishing crews. The scale of those operations poses serious ...

The first confirmed live observation of the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural habitat was taken by the remotely operated vehicle SuBastian on March 9 during a flagship ...

SEATTLE -- Marine heat waves driven by climate change have fueled a dramatic increase in market squid along the Washington and Oregon coast over the past two decades, new research shows. Market squid ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s greatest extinction. Tens of thousands of fossils reveal fully aquatic ...

The Coonamessett Farm Foundation is trying to create a market for species that prey on bivalves — especially scallops, which ...

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