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 ...

Labor abuses including violence, debt bondage and withheld wages and medical care, overfishing, shark finning, marine mammal ...

SAN CARLOS, SONORA — Ricardo Felix, 22, keeps a quick pace as he pulls a thick cord of fishing line hand over hand, rubbing a groove into the 25-foot boat, or "panga," that he and his partners use to ...

To see firsthand how an elusive species of jumbo squid lives, scientists have strapped video cameras to the carnivorous sea creature in the eastern Pacific. They are capable of amazing bursts of speed ...

Q. Someone told me that the body and arms of calamari, like you eat in a restaurant, can be more than 40 feet long. I’m not sure I believe my buddy or what I read on the internet, so what are the ...

This is the shockingly hilarious moment a proud fisherman showing off a massive Humboldt squid caught off the coast of Romblon, Philippines on August 10 is himself caught with his mouth open, as the ...

I chose my lucky fishing spot on the starboard side of the boat, where I had caught six small squid two nights before. Standing in the dank darkness by myself, I let my eyes go to night-vision mode ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American GULF OF CALIFORNIA—Days 4-5 Punta San Carlos ...