Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest ...

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 ...

From Japan’s version of Atlantis, to unexplained booming sounds, to giant squids – these are the ocean’s most terrifying and ...

In many ways, the deep ocean feels like an entirely different planet from the one we live on—home to some of Earth’s most extraordinary creatures, two of the most evocative being the largest toothed ...

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 ...

Edie Widder was eating lunch in the mess hall of the Research Vessel Point Sur on Tuesday when her colleague Nathan J. Robinson dashed in. She ran from the table, made certain by his flailing arms and ...

Earlier this year, scientists trawling Antarctica’s remote Ross Sea hauled aboard a real life sea monster: a 770-pound colossal squid. The opportunity to examine these astonishing creatures is very ...

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index. At head of title: Smithsonian. "Describes the science of the giant squid and the challenges in finding and learning about this ...