A one-foot-long baby squid was spotted swimming in the waters around the South Sandwich islands. The footage is unprecedented ...

The cephalopod was first discovered in 1925 when scientists found arm fragments from two squid in the belly of a sperm whale.

Scientists proved that the sea still holds some big mysteries after capturing footage of the colossal squid — the largest ...

Scientists’ first good look at the species in 1925 was incomplete — just arm fragments from two squid in the belly of a sperm whale. Adults are thought to spend most of their time in the deep ...

When thinking of potential dangers in the ocean, sharks and massive whales often come to mind, but what about squid? Humboldt ...

A team of scientists set out on the research ship Falkor (too) in February for a 35-day expedition off the South Sandwich Islands, a chain of subantarctic islands. Their main goal was to use a ...

In 1925, fisherman first found the remains of a colossal squid inside a sperm whale. Over the next century, only eight adult colossal squids have been found, all postmortem. “It’s exciting to ...

You may have heard of the giant squid, which is famous from mariners' legends and for its epic battles with sperm whales. The colossal squid is even bigger and more mysterious. It's so elusive ...

Sperm whales, the planet’s largest toothed predator, have incredibly complex social structures and cultural practices. During a recent WWF-backed research expedition around Greece’s northwestern ...

Other animals feed on baby colossal squids “but the sperm whale is the only species known to take adults.” Researchers with Schmidt Ocean Institute also encountered another rarely seen squid ...

Larger marine animals like sperm whales, sharks, porpoises, and swordfish hunt and eat Humboldt squid. Interestingly, humans also actively hunt Humboldt squid. In fact, they are one of the most ...

Most of what we know about colossal squid comes from remains found in sperm whale stomachs, as was the case with its initial discovery in 1925, when marine biologist James Erik Hamilton found two ...