It is now widely thought that what sailors saw instead of Kraken was the giant squid (Architeuthis), one of the weirdest deep sea creatures ever discovered. But when were giant squids discovered ...

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In the watery gloom, 2,500 feet below the surface, a single tentacle unfurls to explore an illuminated camera. What started as a solitary appendage is followed on screen by a mass of undulating ...

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 ...

Illustration of a squid-inspired Kraken from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, 1870. Image via Wikimedia Commons Jon says, 'Squid and octopus really are unusual animals. Their body ...