A colossal squid has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time ever, a century after it was first identified by ...

Exactly 100 years ago this year, humans realized that the colossal squid was a thing. No one had ever seen one, though. Until ...

Adult colossal squids have occasionally surfaced on fishing lines, but none had been witnessed alive in the abyss where they thrive.

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.

Is the giant squid threatened with extinction? Jeaneth Larsen Mitchell, South Dakota No. It’s impossible to count such deep-dwelling creatures, but their number can be extrapolated from the ...