The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

Ocean's Giant The blue whale is a true marvel of the marine world. Known as the largest animal to ever exist on Earth, these ...

Giant and colossal squid have the largest eyes in ... so the squid appears to be black and inconspicuous. Female deep sea squid are believed to store sperm around their arms and head so they ...

The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni ... And although commercial deep-sea mining isn’t happening yet, it may not be far off. Scientists need further research on exactly how deep ...

The squid was eating a hooked toothfish when it was hauled from the deep by the vessel San Aspiring. "It is likely that it is the first intact adult male colossal squid to ever be successfully ...

A colossal squid: 350 kilograms (770 pounds), as long as a minibus and one of the sea’s most elusive species. It had been frozen for eight months until Tuesday, when scientists in New Zealand ...

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 ...

The colossal ... squid -- up to 13 metres in one case -- but is still lighter because most of its length is in its tentacles .5. Scientists know that many species of animals dwelling in the deep ...

The colossal squid's elusiveness underlines just how little we know about the deep oceans. And there could be other large sea creatures waiting to be discovered in some of the least explored depths.