Capt. John Bennett shows a colossal squid he and and his crew caught in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea in December 2013. The creature, w ...

One hundred years after its discovery, one of the largest, most elusive mollusks has been filmed alive in its natural environment for the first time. On a recent expedition near the Antarctic South ...

It may be the biggest invertebrate on the planet, but we don’t know much about it. The first time scientists learned of the colossal squid was in 1925. Remains of the massive sea creature had been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have captured the first confirmed footage of the elusive colossal squid in its natural environment 100 years after the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand | It was a calm morning in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with tentacles ...

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It’s a colossal find. Australian scientists detected signs of a super-rare giant squid during a watershed study, marking the first time the species had been recorded in the area in a quarter century.

A colossal squid has been captured on camera in its natural habitat for the first time in the 100 years since its discovery — and it's a baby. The squid, measuring about one foot in length, was seen ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It was a calm morning in Antarctica’s remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with ...