Six hundred meters below the surface of the Southern Ocean, in near-freezing water off the South Sandwich Islands, a remotely ...

A colossal squid — the world's largest squid species — was filmed and photographed in its natural habitat for the first time since scientists discovered it about a century ago. Crew members on board a ...

In the darkness of the South Atlantic Ocean, researchers captured for the first time footage of a live colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni). And while the elusive creature is known for its size ...

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 ...

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Scientists confirm it's a juvenile colossal squid because of its see-through body. As colossal squids age, they lose the see-through quality. The colossal squid was identified and named 100 years ago, ...

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A research expedition near one of the most remote island chains on Earth has captured what scientists say is the first ...