Deep-sea creatures exhibit gigantism, with football-sized eyes and van-sized sponges thriving in crushing darkness. These ...

Architeuthis dux, better known as the giant squid, is likely the inspiration for the legendary kraken. The Granger Collection, New York There are few monsters left in the world. As our species has ...

NEW ORLEANS -- An elusive giant squid has made a rare on-camera appearance, delighting scientists on the prowl for the deep-sea creature that until relatively recently had largely escaped the eyes of ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches across bigger than a dinner plate making it the ...

Regarded as some of the largest animals in our oceans, which creature is bigger: the giant squid vs blue whale? While blue whales are well-studied, very little is known about giant squid. But just how ...

Beachgoers were stunned to find a giant squid that had washed ashore on a beach in South Africa's Western Cape province earlier this month. "It looked like a majestic prehistoric animal as I have ...