In the darkness of the South Atlantic Ocean, researchers captured for the first time footage of a live colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni). And while the elusive creature is known for its size ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists say they've captured the first footage of a living colossal squid in the deep sea. The colossal squid is the world's ...

One hundred years after its discovery, one of the largest, most elusive mollusks has been filmed alive in its natural environment for the first time. On a recent expedition near the Antarctic South ...

An expedition in the Southern Ocean captured video of a rare species of deep-sea cephalopod. Until now, it had been found only in fishing nets and in the bellies of seabirds. By Alexa Robles-Gil The ...

The squid species had only been known from dead specimens found in fishing nets or the stomachs of other animals. ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute A mysterious squid found only in the frigid, ...

Architeuthis dux, better known as the giant squid, is likely the inspiration for the legendary kraken. The Granger Collection, New York There are few monsters left in the world. As our species has ...

A rarely seen deep-sea creature has just been captured on film—and what the camera revealed left researchers speechless. Drifting slowly through the pitch-black waters of the abyss, the strange, ghost ...