She and her husband, Yosuke, dived into the sea around 4:30 p.m. that day and saw the roughly 2.5-meter-long giant squid swimming at a slow pace. They approached close enough to be able to touch ...

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 ...

Bolstad said it’s possible that ancient sightings of the species gave rise to tales of the kraken, or giant sea-monster squid. She said sperm whales often eat colossal squid and are known to ...

The Kraken, the mythical beast of the sea, is real. Giant squid live in the dark depths of the ocean, and very little is known about them to this day. Until 2005, no scientist had ever ...

The Cantabrian Sea on the north coast of Spain is one of ... CEPESMA operates a museum of giant squid further west along the ...

The squid, which was apparently quite interested in the robot, is likely just as surprised to see the vehicle as the scientists were to see it. “Check out this lurking deep-sea squid ...

Giant squids are thought to swim in oceans nearly ... and spanned the length of two school buses from tip to tentacle. This second deep-sea squid sighting is a major milestone for marine ...

The suckers are used to grab and drag prey. Giant squid’s reddish colour provides camouflage in the deep sea because the only available light is blue. Red pigment absorbs blue light so the squid ...

The Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, is a unique corner of the Pacific Ocean. This remarkable young sea is thought to be around five million years old and home to nearly 900 ...