The head of the AUT Squid Squad, Associate Professor Kat Bolstad, made headlines worldwide recently after verifying the first live footage of a baby colossal squid. A captivating video of the beautiful baby squid, narrated by Kat and posted on YouTube by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, attracted almost two million views in under two weeks.
As well as National Geographic, Kat and the baby squid featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Smithsonian magazine, Scientific American, NPR, Sky News, BBC and many more, including extensive NZ coverage. Kat also published an article on The Conversation which has had more than 225,000 views - in English and French.
