It would take decades, however, before we finally came face to face with the colossal squid. Under sombre, mausoleum lighting at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa rests a monster.

The giant squid’s gullet passes through its doughnut-shaped brain. This means it cannot ... three hearts that pump blue blood. Giant and colossal squid have the largest eyes in the animal ...

Colossal squid sometimes inhabit the world of fiction and imagination, but have rarely been seen in daylight. It was a calm morning in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun ...