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 (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is part of the family Cranchiidae. It is sometimes called the Antarctic squid or giant cranch squid and is believed to be the largest squid species in ...

The colossal squid's eyes were measured at about 27 centimeters (10.8 inches) across by researchers, who have been defrosting it and a smaller specimen at Te Papa, the national museum of New Zealand.

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.

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 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 ...

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.

What's bigger than a Colossal Squid? Well... not much really! These kings of the cephalopods are huge and no one has seen one alive. These squid are seriously armed predators of the sea ...

The colossal squid the largest known invertebrate to roam the oceans has long been a mystery mostly because no living specimens had been available for study In 2007 however an astonished fishing ...

New Zealand scientists at Te Papa museum dissected an almost 800-pound colossal squid on Sept. 16. This was the second of these giants ever to be found intact. Both were dragged out of the Ross ...