Squid eyes are highly adapted to see light in the gloomy depths of the ocean, and their vision has almost the same resolution as humans’. Giant squids and colossal squids (Mesonychoteithis ...

I was not eaten, but catching me from the ocean and bringing me onboard literally changed me from a sea creature object “out there” into a knowable squid-monster in possession and at the mercy ...

The giant squid is a rare and elusive creature, once thought only to exist in stories of sea monsters called krakens. But in 2004, the Museum was offered a nearly complete specimen caught at a depth ...

The Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, is a unique corner of the Pacific Ocean. This remarkable ... there were no reports of Humboldt squid in the Sea of Cortez.

The ocean holds many bizarre deep-sea monsters ... Another hundred and 50 meters down, we meet the vampire squid. It has bioluminescent organs called photophores that produce flashes of light ...

A deeper analysis revealed combined ocean-atmosphere interactions ... promoting increased squid abundance. However, rising SSTs due to global warming might counteract the abundance gains.

But, after a few nights of dangling remote cameras into the ocean, the results were conclusive – the squid were there, approaching the surface at night, and in their hundreds. These squid had ...

Argentina this week launched a month long cruise assessment of the sub-Patagonic squid, Illex Argentinus, on board the Ocean Fisheries Research Vessel, Victor Angelescu. The area of research will ...