Hunting is an art form for the squid. These deep-sea creatures evolved to thrive in the darkness and also survive its challenges. In an environment where other fish would be ill-equipped, the squid ...

Deep below the surface of the Pacific, some of the planet’s largest predators are quietly inhaling astonishing numbers of ...

Some 183 million years ago, an eight-armed creature drifted through the shallow waters off of an island that would now be in the heart of Europe. The sea creature was hunting for prey. But as it ...

Despite the scary name, modern vampire squid are docile denizens of the deep sea — but their Jurassic ancestors may have been a lot fiercer. Fossilized tissue suggests V. rhodanica had a very ...

Over the last five years, large, predatory Humboldt squid have moved north from equatorial waters and invaded the sea off Central California, where they may be decimating populations of Pacific hake, ...

The colossal squid, the world’s largest squid species, was caught on video for the first time swimming in its natural habitat, according to a California ocean research organization. This squid, as its ...

The stranding and death of a pygmy sperm whale on a Brooklyn beach raises concerns an unknown factor may be troubling this rare squid-hunting species that much prefers the sea’s deep waters, experts ...

A creature that can grow up to 13 m, with tentacles as long as a city bus and eyeballs the size of a human head shouldn’t be that hard to find. But scientists have never caught a glimpse of a live ...

Newly analyzed Arctic fossils show that marine ecosystems recovered astonishingly fast after the “great dying.” More than 30,000 teeth, bones, and other fossil fragments from a 249-million-year-old ...