This 2007 squid, 30 feet in length, appeared to be a fully grown adult. Although never visually confirmed in its true habitat— deep, open waters around Antarctica and in the Southern Ocean ...

In the darkness of the South Atlantic Ocean, researchers captured for the first time footage of a live colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis ... “Most of our deep-sea exploration equipment is large ...

A colossal squid has been caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers steering a remotely operated submersible. The sighting was announced Tuesday ...

(ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute via AP) (Rov Subastian, Schmidt Ocean Institute) A colossal squid has been caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of ...

For over a century, the colossal squid has been one of the deep sea’s most slippery enigmas. Known mostly through bits and pieces found in whale bellies and a handful of dying adults spotted by ...

For the first time ever, a colossal squid has been captured on camera in the deep sea, offering researchers a rare look at one of the ocean’s most elusive giants. The footage was captured last ...

The first specimens of the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) were formally described by biologists a century ago, in 1925. These deep sea dwellers, which live exclusively in Antarctic ...