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Exactly 100 years ago this year, humans realized that the colossal squid was a thing. No one had ever seen one, though. Until ...
The first verified sighting of a colossal squid alive in its habitat shows that it's not nearly as ugly as the one in Te Papa ...
Scientists snaked a camera into the colossal squid's body and measured its beak and tentacles in an exam broadcast live on the Internet. "It didn't seem really fair that only a handful of people ...
Since its discovery in 1925, only eight adult specimens have been reported, severely limiting scientists’ ability to research ...
The colossal squid is prey for sleeper sharks and sperm whales, with squid beaks often found in the predators' stomach. Dr Bolstad said different strategies were needed to try not to scare the ...
Scientists say they've captured the first footage of a living colossal squid in the deep sea. The colossal squid is the world's largest invertebrate, but the one in this video is a baby.
Auckland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The colossal squid was first described in 1925 based on specimens from the stomach of a commercially hunted ...
By Elizabeth Preston In March, Kat Bolstad returned from an Antarctic expedition where she had used a new camera system specially built to search for the elusive colossal squid. No one had ...
In a rare sighting, researchers captured the first-ever footage of a juvenile colossal squid in its natural habitat in the South Atlantic. This elusive creature, discovered in 1925, can grow to an ...