A photo that has been shared online for years allegedly shows a giant squid washed up on a beach. In early January 2025, an X user posted the photograph at the top of a thread supposedly showing the ...

Scientists know very little about the elusive giant squid, which lives at ocean depths of between 300 and 1000m or more. Much of what they do know comes from the remains of dead or dying specimens ...

Tusoteuthis was a giant squid nearly equal in size to those that ply the oceans today—with their tentacles stretched out, the ancient cephalopods may have measured 25 to 35 feet (8 to 11 meters ...

and Hannan’s pygmy squid (Kodama jujutsu) are just a half-inch long, while specimens of giant squid (Architeuthis dux) have measured nearly 60 feet long and weighed over a ton. Cuttlefish ...

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 Kraken, the mythical beast of the sea, is real. Giant squid live in the dark depths of the ocean, and very little is known about them to this day. Until 2005, no scientist had ever ...

As you meet new prey and predators, be sure to check the gallery and read the fun facts highlighting ... a cute baby squid, as he embarks on his life adventure to become a giant squid.

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 ...