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 ...

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

But when were giant squids discovered, and why did it take so long to find the real-life "Kraken"? Let's find out. Do sea ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.