The creature, known as a colossal squid and is thought to be the largest squid ever found anywhere in the world An adult specimen of the world's largest known squid was hauled to the surface by a ...

The colossal squid is remarkable for its size, but also for how rarely it has been sighted. It was identified first in 1925 from two tentacles found in a sperm whale's stomach.

The scientists were searching for the colossal squid, an evasive cephalopod that can weigh 1,100 pounds. Though fishing boats have found a handful of complete and partial specimens, researchers ...

Over the course of four trips, tourists on an Antarctic cruise ship watched researchers lower a camera into the frigid, icy waters of the Southern Ocean. They had the same question every day: "Did ...

The colossal squid is Te Papa’s most popular exhibit, but it’s impossible to tour the complete specimen. Instead, important parts of the squid can be viewed on its tour. The deep-sea creature ...

Much of what they do know comes from the remains of dead or dying specimens, one of which was ... hearts that pump blue blood. Giant and colossal squid have the largest eyes in the animal kingdom.

And last year, scientists dissected the only intact colossal squid specimen - a different, slightly smaller species than the giant squid - ever to be hauled from the ocean. That specimen ...