Dr. Michelle Taylor and her team captured the first-ever footage of a colossal squid during their deep-sea expedition in the south Atlantic Ocean.

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone. By Elizabeth Preston Like a scarf out of a magician’s sleeve, the squid appeared.

A new study reveals an unknown species of whiplash squid burying itself upside down in the deep sea — a first-of-its-kind behavior for cephalopods. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Half a mile beneath the ocean’s surface, a secretive creature drifts in the dark. It has eight tentacles with glowing tips, and a ‘cloak’ of webbed skin that it can wrap itself up in. It is the ...

Scientists have revealed how much squid Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales must harvest from the deep each day, using high-tech tags to track their demanding foraging behavior. Credit: Shutterstock ...