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

A rare giant squid was found washed up on the El Sablón ... Environmental technicians from the Principality of Asturias ...

Andrew Stewart Te Papa knew the squid could become a star attraction. But the giant defrosted body created an entirely new problem, says Stewart. "One, how do we display it? And two, how do we ...

Like the modern giant squid, Tusoteuthis lacked an outer shell and is known only from discoveries of the rigid support structure in its body called a pen or gladius. The pen was akin to a backbone ...

Most squid species have a torpedo-shaped body, called a mantle ... while specimens of giant squid (Architeuthis dux) have ...

The last known giant squid (Architeuthis dux) to wash ashore near Cape Town showed up on Long Beach in Kommetjie, on April 30. That cephalopod measured roughly 3.5 meters long.

TOYOOKA, Hyogo Prefecture—Two scuba divers captured rare photos and video of a giant squid slowly plodding along off the coast here and unusually close to the surface. Giant squids are one of ...