But when were giant squids discovered, and why did it take so long to find the real-life "Kraken"? Let's find out. Do sea ...

Off the coast of Mexico, a female deep-sea squid with giant eggs tucked within her tentacles has been spotted during an expedition to the Gulf of California. A team of scientists utilized a ...

The giant squid is a rare and elusive creature, once thought only to exist in stories of sea monsters called krakens. But in 2004, the Museum was offered a nearly complete specimen caught at a depth ...

The strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) is much smaller than the giant squid ... the strawberry squid a formidable hunter in the deep sea. The cephalopod’s right eye is small and ...

Giant squids are one of the largest invertebrates known and live in the deep sea ... he spotted the large squid thrashing its tentacles around near the surface of the sea. He quickly phoned ...

Hundreds of years ago, our understanding of the sea was even more limited. Sailors came across many strange creatures, which ...

Though recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making ...

Researchers exploring the wares of fishers in Vietnam discovered a “supergiant” sea bug species whose resemblance to Darth ...

1. The colossal squid is the planet’s largest squid, mollusc, and invertebrate (by mass) -- yet it isn’t without its own ...