A colossal squid has been caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers ...

Additionally, the squid are probably avoiding us ... The submersible stopped for a few minutes on descent to film the small, transparent cephalopod. “I think it’s very exciting,” said ...

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 ...

Full-grown adult colossal squids, which scientists have uncovered from the bellies of whales and seabirds, can reach lengths up to 23 feet — almost the size of a small fire truck. The squid was ...

Scientists have captured the first confirmed footage of the elusive colossal squid in its natural environment 100 years after the marine creature was first identified and named, according to the ...

The young squid is almost entirely transparent, with thin arms. As adults, the squids lose this glassy appearance and become an opaque dark red or purple. When full grown, they are considered to ...