It’s a colossal find. Australian scientists detected signs of a super-rare giant squid during a watershed study, marking the first time the species had been recorded in the area in a quarter century.

The colossal squid was first described in 1925 based on specimens from the stomach of a commercially hunted sperm whale. A century later, an international voyage captured the first confirmed video of ...

The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. It would take decades, however, before we finally came face to face with the colossal squid.

Humans spend nearly their entire lives on land, but the Earth we call home is really a water world. With 71 percent of the Earth’s surface covered by water, this expansive ecosystem has been difficult ...

An expedition searching for life around Antarctica has uncovered a strange new world — one teeming with creatures never seen before. Among them: a spherical, carnivorous sponge covered in thousands of ...

“Finding evidence of a giant squid really captures people’s imagination,” researchers said ...