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We asked readers to share their most magical encounters with wild animals, such as Madeleine Oh's story of playing with a baby fox.
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9 Incredible Wild Animal Encounters From Our Readers

From playing tag with sea lions to holding hands with an orangutan.
Sarah Durn July 18, 2023
Bioluminescent firefly squid.
bioluminescence

For a Brief, Shining Moment, These Bioluminescent Squid Are Sushi Stars

Hotaru ika are a glow-in-the-dark delicacy.
Diana Hubbell August 18, 2021
A "life-sized", 55-foot sculpture of the Thimble Tickle giant squid of 1878, long regarded by Guinness as the largest specimen ever recorded. Part of the Giant Squid Interpretation Centre in Glover's Harbour (formerly Thimble Tickle), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Division No. 8, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Giant Squid of Thimble Tickle

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.
Video • Object of Intrigue

A Colossal Squid Is Hiding in New Zealand

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Where did all the big boys go?
squid

The Strange Case of Mexico's Shrinking Jumbo Squid

Too many El Niños have diminished the "diablo rojo."
Sabrina Imbler July 24, 2019
Oh, the things that hit our earholes.
mummies

Overheard at Atlas Obscura in 2018

From bioluminescent fungus to random bone houses, here's what we talk about at the office.
Ella Morton December 27, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Cuttlefish Gum

In Singapore, dried, shredded cephalopod is a bubblegum alternative.
Squid ink gelato, in black.
Gastro Obscura

Squid Ink Gelato

A jet-black, vanilla-flavored treat with hints of its marine origin.
Molly the Mollusk.
Sarasota, Florida

Molly the Mollusk

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.
Gastro Obscura

Ika Tokkuri

A squid's body becomes an edible sake decanter.
science

How to Wake Up a Geriatric Squid

Poking it a little helps.
Natasha Frost March 14, 2018
giant squid

Wishlist: An Essential History of Giant Squid

"The Search for the Giant Squid" is a detailed account of the ocean's most frightening mystery.
Eric Grundhauser January 5, 2018
That diver looks like he could be in trouble, but really those are just squid babies.
underwater

This Squid Egg Mass Looks Like a Massive Jelly Tube

When tens of thousands of baby squid look like one monster creature.
Eric Grundhauser September 18, 2017
Keep an eye out for the invisible glass squid.
animals

Behold the Elegance and Horror of a Nearly Invisible Squid

Researchers recently captured video of a glass squid in the wild.
Eric Grundhauser August 29, 2017
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Second Giant Squid of the Year Caught Off the Coast of Ireland

They might be coming for us.
Eric Grundhauser July 18, 2017
Here there be monsters.
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Watch a Giant Squid Wrap Its Tentacles Around a Paddleboard

A rare glimpse of the legendary creature in action.
Eric Grundhauser June 20, 2017
The moment the larger squid strikes!
horror

A Squid-on-Squid Ambush

Behold the horrors of the open ocean.
Eric Grundhauser April 3, 2017
Namerikawa, Japan

The Firefly Squid of Toyama Bay

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.