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

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 ...

Giant squid, squid or Dosidicus gigas, measures up to 3 meters in length and can reach 50 kilos in weight. It is one of the main species of the southeastern Pacific Ocean and at the same time it ...

Keith Lyons, senior media adviser for the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research in New Zealand, confirmed via email that, at the time of the photo, an external expert identified the ...

dux in terms of sheer size, and some scientists argue that the Architeuthis genus actually includes a variety of giant squid species, rather than A. dux alone, according to the Smithsonian.

When the Museum specimen was accidentally caught by a fishing trawler it was immediately frozen. This meant that DNA samples could be taken before decay set in. In 2013, these helped to prove that ...

1. The colossal squid is the planet’s largest squid, mollusc, and invertebrate (by mass) -- yet it isn’t without its own ...

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 ...

Over 96% of all the animal species on Earth are invertebrate. They can be tiny like an insect or huge like the giant squid. Invertebrates are animals that don’t have a spine or backbone inside ...