Associations between animals and microbes affect not only the immediate tissues where they occur, but also the entire host. Metabolomics, the study of small biomolecules generated during metabolic ...

In the shallow, sandy coastal waters of Hawaii lives an intriguing animal that mesmerises the general public and scientists alike. It is as small as a golf ball but has intriguing qualities that keeps ...

The earliest known sex chromosomes have been found in an octopus species native to the Pacific Ocean. These chromosomes evolved up to 380 million years ago, and they are the first evidence of genetic ...

Bobtail Squid (Euprymna scolopes): This small cephalopod harbors bioluminescent bacteria in a special organ to camouflage with the ocean light Deep Sea Dragonfish: These fish use bioluminescence for ...

Vibrio fischeri (also known as Aliivibrio fischeri), a flagellated marine bacterium that forms a binary symbiosis with the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes), must navigate tight physical ...

In comparison with other molluscs and bilaterians, the genomes of coleoid cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish, and octopus) sequenced so far show remarkably different genomic organization that presumably ...

The experiment will study how the tiny animals' relationship with certain kinds of symbiotic behaviour changes in zero-G. B-grade sci-fi films might sometimes feature tentacled extraterrestrial ...

The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, leased by NASA, launched from Florida on Thursday with the Dragon command capsule carrying young specimens of the species Euprymna scolopes, known as bobtail squid.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon 2 spacecraft lifts off on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center for a re-supply mission to the International Space Station from Florida Thursday, June 3(AP) A ...

A SpaceX rocket took off on Thursday for the International Space Station carrying supplies for scientific experiments, including some surprising passengers – squid and virtually indestructible ...

The 22nd SpaceX cargo resupply mission is going to be delivered to the International Space Station this month and, among the materials for the various experiments NASA is working on, there will be 128 ...