The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

The deep-sea hooked squid is renowned for having two very large photophores on the end of two of its arms - described as ...

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 first recording of a living giant squid was made in 2006 ... bright white light to navigate through the blackness of the deep sea. Suspecting that this light was frightening creatures that ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

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

Movie"Documentary following an international team of scientists as they deploy underwater robots and state-of-the-art submersible vessels off the coast of Japan to find the giant squid." ...

Deep sea scientist Edie Widder who had been part of the science team to track down and film the first ever images of the giant squid from this very ship. Her ingenious invention, the e-jelly ...