This Humboldt squid came out of nowhere, slipped to within inches of a fish and then launched a barrage of tentacles like harpoons, a Schmidt Ocean Institute video shows. Video screengrab A rare ...

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 ...

Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the deep sea. However, researchers still don't know very much about the ...

In the video above, OceanX Science Program Lead Mattie Rodrigue describes the moment she and her colleagues aboard the vessel saw the mystery squid at a depth of 2,800 feet. Apparently, the scientists ...

An elusive species of deep-sea squid has been seen alive for the first time off Antarctica, National Geographic has announced. Researchers filmed the Antarctic gonate squid (Gonatus antarcticus) ...

The team wasn't expecting to see a shipwreck … or a squid. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists mapping the seafloor in the ...

A diver in Japan swam alongside an unusual companion earlier this month: An 8.2-foot-long (2.5 meter) giant squid. Yosuke Tanaka, who co-runs Dive Resort T-Style with his wife in Toyooka City, Japan, ...

A squid is a marine creature with an unusual defense mechanism — it releases a burst of black ink when disturbed or attacked. In a similar incident, a video has gone viral on social media showing a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Numerous large squid are reportedly washing up dead on the central Oregon coast near Heceta Head. Oregon State Parks and Recreation spokesman Chris Havel tells the Oregonian his ...