Architeuthis dux, better known as the giant squid, is likely the inspiration for the legendary kraken. The Granger Collection, New York There are few monsters left in the world. As our species has ...

The mysterious giant squid has rarely ever been seen by humans, let alone photographed or filmed swimming in its natural habitat. Most of what we know about giant squids has come from fishermen ...

A massive ten foot giant squid washed ashore in western Japan, giving an ultra-rare glimpse of one of the biggest cephalopods known to lurk the deep sea — and likely the first time a live specimen has ...

A diver in Japan swam alongside an unusual companion earlier this month: An 8.2-foot-long (2.5 meter) giant squid. Yosuke Tanaka, who co-runs Dive Resort T-Style with his wife in Toyooka City, Japan, ...

The ocean is full of wondrous creatures, from small plankton to enormous whales. However, a different kind of animal has taken the world by storm thanks to a viral YouTube video. In the 30-second clip ...

The longest tentacle was over 16 feet long and washed up in New Zealand. — -- A giant squid washed up on a beach on New Zealand's South Island this week, a local aquarium reported on its Facebook ...

Marine scientists have detailed a likely unknown species of squid that may spend years without eating to carefully watch over her eggs until they hatch. A deep-sea hooked squid was recently caught on ...

A new video captured in the mesopelagic zone finally shows scientists how giant squids stalk and attack their prey in the deep ocean. The video is the first of its kind. Researchers used ...

NEW ORLEANS -- An elusive giant squid has made a rare on-camera appearance, delighting scientists on the prowl for the deep-sea creature that until relatively recently had largely escaped the eyes of ...

The colossal squid is the world's largest invertebrate, but the one in this video is a baby. The footage was captured by an underwater expedition near Antarctica. The colossal squid, a mysterious ...

You’ve got to be squidding. A beachcomber made the discovery of a lifetime after happening across an extremely rare giant squid on the shore of South Africa last week. She documented her one-of-a-kind ...

SAN CARLOS, SONORA — Ricardo Felix, 22, keeps a quick pace as he pulls a thick cord of fishing line hand over hand, rubbing a groove into the 25-foot boat, or "panga," that he and his partners use to ...