“Finding evidence of a giant squid really captures people’s imagination,” researchers said ...

Six hundred meters below the surface of the Southern Ocean, in near-freezing water off the South Sandwich Islands, a remotely ...

For centuries, giant squids were treated as sea monsters and sailor myths, with only scattered clues hinting they were real.

The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. It would take decades, however, before we finally came face to face with the colossal squid.