Scientists filmed a squid covering itself in mud and holding its tentacles upright, using camouflage that helps it hide on the ocean floor.

Scientists have filmed a never-before-seen species of deep-sea squid burying itself upside down in the seafloor—a behavior never documented in cephalopods. They captured the bizarre scene while ...

The colossal squid is the largest squid in terms of mass, weighing in at 495kg. The squid’s tentacles are only released when ...

Picture a pair of eyes the size of soccer balls peering out at you from the dark depths of the ocean. For the colossal squid, this is life. The eye si.

Rare footage of a bigfin squid captured by a ROV deployed 11,000 feet deep in the Tonga Trench. Credit: Deep Sea Research ...

Sperm whales dive into the midnight zone, using echolocation to track giant squid, returning scarred breathing hard, alive at ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

Cape Cod and the nearby islands stick out into the Atlantic and Long Island Sound to offer fantastic fishing by boat, ...

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Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back to nurse even after they can hunt, mate and fend for themselves.

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest life forms thrive. These deep-sea creatures have evolved in total darkness ...