For years, tales of giant squids roaming the ocean depths lived mostly in folklore and maritime legends - dismissed as mythological creatures without solid scientific backing. These elusive beings ...

For centuries, fuelled by stories of mythical, serpent-like monsters ... ugly fish. Colossal squid caught on video in the wild for the first time.Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute This week ...

These elusive beings were long considered cryptids due to the lack of confirmed evidence. That started to change with mounting clues: squid beaks and body parts discovered in the stomachs of sperm ...