They can live independently in seawater or sand, or inside a bigger organism. For instance, bobtail squid host bioluminescent bacteria (Vibrio fischeri) in their underbellies. The bacteria get food ...

Thanks to the bioluminescent bacteria inhabiting its light organ, the vividly colored southern bobtail squid (Euprymna tasmanica) can glow in the dark. A series of rodent experiments showed that even ...

Thanks to the bioluminescent bacteria inhabiting its light organ, the vividly colored southern bobtail squid (Euprymna tasmanica) can glow in the dark. A series of rodent experiments showed that even ...

Hawaiian bobtail squid are nocturnal predators ... The squid uses this bacterial bioluminescence in a form of camouflage called counter-illumination. The squid are able to mask their silhouette by ...