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 ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

There is something I want to show you that is often invisible or unnoticed when darkness falls deep in the ocean ... species of jumbo, giant, and colossal squid have been mostly unknowable.

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 ...

Giant squid (Architeuthis dux) were first classified by Western ... Its skeleton was displayed in the Fantastic Beasts TM: The Wonder of Nature exhibition. Although deep-sea-dwelling, plankton-eating ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tom Picot had evidence of a giant squid, a creature long dismissed as tall tales of sailors at sea. Harvey paid the boy ...

Today, we believe that these tales about the legendary krakens were likely based on deep-sea giant squid. It is also thought that sailors often exaggerated their descriptions of these creatures.