Squid Links

You can follow these links to find out more about the world of the squid

Since many of these links are to outside resources, there is a chance that they will no longer be available
Last update September 2004

Squid Resources

  1. Smithsonian Institution Department of Invertebrate Zoology
  2. Cephalopods in Action from the Smithsonian
  3. Giant Squid at the American Musueum of Natural History
  4. Giant Squid Arrives in New York
  5. The EuroSquid page
  6. Directory of Cephalopod Researchers Around the World
  7. The Cephalopod Page
  8. Cephalopoda - Tree of Life
  9. BIOSYS - Mollusca - Internet Resource Guide for Zoology
  10. National Resource Center for Cephalopods
  11. Cephalopod International Advisory Council - CIAC
  12. Architeuthis dux from the Animal Diversity Web
  13. Architeuthis harveyi from the Animal Diversity Web
  14. Taningi danea from the Animal Diversity Web
  15. The Squidpage
  16. Fishery Potential of North East Atlantic Squid Stocks
  17. National Marine Fisheries Service references on SQUID
  18. Google search on Giant Squid
  19. The Giant Axon - research at MBL
  20. Neuroscience for Kids - Action Potential
  21. Cephalopods from the British Columbia Creature Page
  22. Marine Invertebrates - Natural History Museum (UK)
  23. Scientists Close in on Elusive Giant Squid by William J. Broad
  24. Squid Lesson Plan grades 5-7
  25. Science Web Quest - SQUID
  26. Squid Poster from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
  27. Squid fishing accessories
  28. A collection of Squid Recipes
  29. Squid Products, fresh and frozen
  30. Peru Giant Squid - Auction Price
  31. Squid Trade in Falklands
  32. The Giant Squid from the Museum of Unnatural Mystery
  33. The Kraken from the Museum of Unnatural Mystery
  34. The Giant Squid from CryptoZoo
  35. Laughing Squid - cultural propagation catalyst
  36. Andrew's Squid Page
  37. All Things Considered...New Gigantic Squid Spotted Worldwide - NPR Dec. 20, 2001
  38. Science Friday...In Search of Giant Squid - NPR March 7, 1997
  39. All Things Considered...GIANT SQUID - NPR June 29, 1996
  40. All Things Considered...Capture of Giant Squid - NPR Jan. 31, 1996
  41. Talk of the Nation...New images of Squid - NPR Dec. 21, 2001
  42. Science Friday program with Clyde Roper - June 1996
  43. TechnoAquarium - Stories about Sea Creatures, including Giant Squid by Fifth Grade Students
  44. A Sixth Grade Activity built around In Search of Giant Squid
  45. Giant Squid - Sea Monsters - readings in life science
  46. Science Quest - Seashells, Snails, and Giant Squid Tales
  47. Giant Squid in Ireland
  48. Giant Squid Jets - a good lesson plan
  49. The Cephalopods - Octopus, Squid and Cuttlefish
  50. Giant Squid at the National Museum of Natural History
  51. Answers to Ask a Scientist Mollusca Questions
  52. Giant squid: Facts and fiction from University of Aberdeen
  53. Year of the Ocean Poster from NOAA including a section on the Deep Sea
  54. Giant squid from Occultopedia
  55. THE KRAKEN - by Alfred Tennyson
  56. Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)
  57. The Octopus News Magazine Online
  58. Architeuthis reproduction, with notes on basic anatomy and behavior - by Steve O'Shea
  59. Giant Squid Fact Sheet
  60. 130 Giant Squid Links

Squid-related Articles, Papers Websites and Books

Since many of these links are to outside resources, there is a chance that they will no longer be available
  1. He Seeks the Giant Squid from Popular Science
  2. First-ever observations of a live giant squid in the wild Proceedings of the Royal Society. Sept. 2005
  3. Scientist leads deep-sea expedition in search of the giant squid from Smithsonian Research Reports
  4. The Hunt for Giant Squid from Sea Frontiers
  5. In search of the 'white ghost'--the giant squid from Smithsonian Magazine
  6. The Giant Squid from Highlights for Children
  7. Follow That Whale: In Search Of The Giant Squid - from Popular Mechanics
  8. Testing Waters to Learn more about Giant Squid from USA TODAY
  9. An interview with Richard Ellis from Salon
  10. Chasing Giants - Discovery Channel feature
  11. Giant Squid Babies Captured
  12. Giant squid 'attacks French boat'
  13. Super squid surfaces in Antarctic
  14. Britain fights for giant squid
  15. Pursuing the Giant Squid in its Natural Habitat Washington Post, June, 1996
  16. Squid from Herman Melville's Moby Dick
  17. Captain Nemo's Nemesis
  18. Squid from Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
  19. Photo of squid from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  20. Quest for the Giant Squid
  21. Garbo Of The Deep - Zero baud May 23, 1996
  22. 'New species' of giant squid found - 22 July, 2002 - BBC News
  23. Trawler nets giant squid- 14 January, 2002 - BBC News
  24. Scientists reveal monster secrets - 14 February, 2000 - BBC News
  25. Big squid breaks record - 3 July, 2000 - BBC News
  26. 'Mystery' squid delights scientists - 21 December, 2001 - BBC News
  27. Giant octopus puzzles scientists - 28 March, 2002 - BBC News
  28. Cornell bioacousticians track whales...February 1997
  29. Program tracks whales in hunt for giant squid February 1997
  30. Trawler Nets 40-Foot Giant Squid
  31. Squid Pro Quo - Giant Squid at Melbourne Museum - Feb. 2001
  32. Giant Squid Found Off Spanish Coast - August, 2001
  33. Giant squid washes up on beach - July 22, 2002 - CNN
  34. Humongous Squid Washes Up on Australian Beach - July 22, 2002 - ABC News
  35. Interview with Clyde Roper - July 4, 1998
  36. STILL SEARCHING - interview with Clyde Roper from PBS
  37. Incredible Suckers - PBS Broadcast
  38. Into the Deep - Wisconsin Public Radio broadcast
  39. Scientist leads deep-sea expedition in search of the giant squid
  40. Search for elusive giant squid set to begin - Discovery Channel Canada story
  41. Super squid surfaces in Antarctic - 2 April 2003 from BBC
  42. Deep Sea Monster squid found - 3 April 2003 from CNN
  43. Giant Squid Washes Ashore In Tasmania - July 2002
  44. Super squid surfaces in Antarctic
  45. Weird" New Squid Species Discovered in Deep Sea- December 20, 2001
  46. Worldwide Observations of Remarkable Deep-Sea Squids - recent Science paper on deep sea squid including video clips
  47. Envisat fishes up facts behind Chilean giant squid invasion
  48. The Squid Hunter by David Grann in the New Yorker magazine
  49. Getting Ink An interview with David Grann from the New Yorker magazine
  50. Tire-sized calamari rings? Half-ton squid reeled in - CNN: 21 Feb. 2007

Photographs and Video Clips

  1. Scientists get their giant squid at last. . . but killed it in the struggle December 23, 2006
  2. Researchers catch giant squid December 22, 2006
  3. First-ever observations of a live giant squid in the wild Proceedings of the Royal Society. Sept. 2005
  4. Giant squid snapped in the deep NATURE 28 September 2005
  5. Scientists photograph giant squid CNN September 28, 2005
  6. First pics show a very active giant squid September 28 2005
  7. Deep-sea monster caught on tape - video of newly discovered 'giant' squid
  8. Quest for the Giant Squid - Discovery Channel Special
  9. Unknown deep-sea squid recorded by Tiburon - from MBARI
  10. Squid Images (still frames - from Big Blue Underwater Video Productions
  11. The soft-bodied Vampire Squid
  12. Photovault images of Nautiluses, Octopods, Squid, Cuttlefish
  13. Photograph of Clyde Roper with Smithsonian Squid

Squid as an Art form

  1. Giant Squid - from the film "Incredible Suckers"
  2. NATURE - the great website for the film Incredible Suckers"
  3. Interactive Origami in VRML - paper Squid
  4. Sperm Whale Struggling with a Giant Squid
  5. Underwater World - 1998 stamps from New Zealand featuring the Giant Squid
  6. Kraken Stamps

In Search of Giant Squid

Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan

Smithsonian Natural History Web Home Page

gene carl feldman / gene@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov