The beak, made of hard chitin and other materials, changes density gradually from the hard tip to a softer, more flexible base where it attaches to the muscle around the squid's mouth, the ...

Squishy rulers of the dinosaur-era seas.Squids consist mostly of soft body parts. The one exception is their hard, chitinous beak. Squid beaks that manage to survive on the fossil record of Earth ...

Photo shows a digital recreation of a fossilised squid beak. (Photo not for sale)(Photo courtesy of the Department of Earth ...

A groundbreaking study by Japanese scientists has revealed that squid were the predominant marine species during the Cretaceous period, eclipsing bot ...

Japanese researchers have found that the world's oceans during the Cretaceous period, 70 million to 100 million years ago, were dominated by squid, media reports said Saturday.

Researchers uncovered 263 fossilized squid beaks, including about 40 different species that had never been seen before.

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 ...

Squids consist mostly of soft body parts. The one exception is their hard, chitinous beak. Squid beaks that manage to survive on the fossil record of Earth's history would be vital for ...