Imagine a world where sunlight never touches the ocean floor, where bizarre creatures drift through inky black waters, and ...

“We’re finally seeing confirmed footage of this animal that some of us have been studying and dreaming about for decades,” said deep-sea biologist Kat Bolstad, from Auckland University of ...

But in April 2025, the elusive leviathan finally made a live appearance — and this time, the cameras were ready. In a historic moment for deep-sea exploration, a 30cm-long (11.8-inch) juvenile ...

A deep-sea camera has captured footage of an elusive colossal squid, a 30-centimetre juvenile, in its natural habitat deep in the ocean for the first time. Past footage and specimens have only ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, researchers have successfully captured the first-ever live footage of a colossal squid in its natural deep-sea habitat near the South Sandwich Islands. This ...

“This is the first confirmed footage of the colossal squid at home in the deep sea,” said Dr Kat Bolstad, a cephalopod biologist at the Auckland University of Technology, who helped verify the ...

Nations are currently negotiating a “road map” that would govern any potential deep-sea mining in international waters. If the U.S. were to move forward with plans to support mining in the ...

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 ...

A US firm says it has launched a bid for deep-sea mining in the waters off a remote Pacific island, urging regulators to greenlight its foray into the contentious emerging industry. The United ...