"In the deep sea, there's always a good chance you're seeing something for the first time." Researchers thrilled after ...

The colossal squid—one of nature’s most elusive animals, and handily the world’s most massive squid species—was first identified 100 years ago using remains found in the stomach of a sperm ...

Bolstad identified the three-foot-long squid as Gonatus antarcticus—the Antarctic Gonate squid. “This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first live footage of this animal worldwide,” she says.

We've known about the existence of the rare Antarctic gonate squid since 1898. However, it has taken us over 100 years to ...

The bold question-askers at What If ask researchers whether you could survive an attack from a giant squid in the deep sea.

Scientists using a remotely operated submersible spotted the squid, but after a few minutes, it swam away in the depths.

This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first live footage of this animal worldwide,” Kat Bolstad of Auckland University of ...

In the first look released this week, a three-foot-long multicolored squid shimmers in pitch-dark, appearing to glow as it floats. Crew members recalled to National Geographic a cloud of green ink ...

During their brief encounter, the researchers used a laser to measure the squid's size and observed its behavior in the wild.

National Geographic The Antarctic gonate is among a group of large and elusive deep-sea squid species native to the Southern Ocean, which have for the most part evaded human contact.

Scientists on a research expedition in the Southern Ocean captured the first footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid. The colorful, three-foot squid species was only known to scientists ...

Giant squid live deep beneath the ocean surface, often at thousands of feet down when almost no light from above penetrates. ... according to National Geographic.