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Scientists announced they had peeked into the DNA of the giant squid, seeking to demystify a deep-sea creature that has haunted sailors' dreams for centuries. But their findings, published Wednesday, ...

Scientists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service have captured a giant squid while conducting research off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. This is only the second known giant squid obtained from ...

For centuries, the Kraken haunted the edges of maritime maps — a monstrous sea creature said to rise from the depths and drag entire ships into the abyss. Long dismissed as folklore, new research is ...

In February 2006, a 8.62 meters giant squid caught off the Falkland Islands April 2005 went on public display at the Natural History Museum in London. Researchers at the museum undertook a painstaking ...

A 30-foot-long giant squid that washed ashore in Spain on Tuesday had beachgoers astonished the cephalopod was still intact. Enrique Talledo A 30-foot-long giant squid that washed ashore in Spain on ...

Ancient mariners' tales of the terrifying Kraken, a colossal sea monster, have been scientifically linked to the elusive giant squid, Architeuthis dux. Once feared as a ship-destroying beast, modern ...

Architeuthis dux, better known as the giant squid, is likely the inspiration for the legendary kraken. The Granger Collection, New York There are few monsters left in the world. As our species has ...

So all day long after the previous post I wondered, how separated is Architeuthis and Kevin Bacon? As you might remember although the Giant Squid had some cameos in previous B movies, it really was ...

The Project Architeuthis campaign from America’s Navy and Campbell Ewald proves that big results don’t always require big budgets. The initiative focused on recruiting hard-to-find Navy cryptologists, ...