The razor-sharp beaks that giant squids use to attack might one day lead to improved artificial limbs for people. That deadly beak has long puzzled scientists, who wondered how a creature without any ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– How did nature make the squid’s beak super hard and sharp –– allowing it, without harm to its soft body –– to capture its prey? The question has captivated those interested ...

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Beak of the Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas. This image relates to article that appeared in the March 28, 2008 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Ali Miserez of the ...

WASHINGTON — The razor-sharp beaks that giant squids use to attack whales — and maybe even Captain Nemo's submarine — might one day lead to improved artificial limbs for people. That deadly beak may ...

Researchers are always asking hard questions the rest of us would never have thought of, such as this one: How does a gelatinous squid manipulate its stiff, razor-sharp beak without turning itself ...

Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) are also known as jumbo squid, and it’s easy to see why — they are absolutely enormous. An adult can reach 7 feet in length and weigh 110 pounds. But what is truly ...

A Rhode Island scientist is coming to the defense of giant squid, saying reports of them menacing divers in the Pacific Ocean are "alarmist." University of Rhode Island biologist Brad Seibel, an ...

It's not often you get to see a giant sea creature up close and personal. But the arrival of swarms of giant Humboldt squid in southern California has given scuba divers a rare treat. Nigella ...