Who doesn’t love a bit of calamari? Humans have been eating squid for quite some time, but if we were around a few million ...

The elusive giant squid has only been filmed swimming alive in its natural habitat twice. The latest was off the coast of New ...

The colossal squid was identified and named 100 years ago, but humans have never actually seen one swimming around in its ...

The largest living invertebrates (and most likely of all time) are two species of mega-squid. Based on length, the record holder is the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) which can grow to at least ...

Aboard te Falkor (too) research vessel, a 35-day trek to the South Sandwich Islands led to the discovery of new marine species.

TOYOOKA, Hyogo Prefecture—Two scuba divers captured rare photos and video of a giant squid slowly plodding along off the coast here and unusually close to the surface. Giant squids are one of ...

Now, you might be thinking: “Is a colossal squid just another name for a giant squid?” And the answer to that — terrifyingly enough — is “no.” Te Papa explains how colossal squid are ...

Giant squid, once thought to be sea serpents, are very rarely seen and live at depths of 200-1,000m. They can weigh up to a 1,000kg and the largest ever spotted measured a vast 18.5m and was found ...

"We could think of this maybe as a 'teenager' squid … it's still got a lot of growing to do." Marine biologist and giant squid expert Steve O'Shea, who was not part of the expedition, said to ...

Then, a giant squid was first spied in 1925, a hundred years ago – or at least parts of it was – in the belly of a sperm whale. Since then, there have been only eight reported sightings ...