The Americas' team made a landmark sperm whales discovery in producing the groundbreaking NBC nature documentary series.

The Kraken is perhaps the largest monster ever ... open image in gallery Reconstruction of a battle between a giant squid and the sperm whale (American Museum of Natural History.) ...

the Kraken, and its reign!” However, in reality, giant squid are not at the top of the food chain and are part of the healthy diet of the sperm whale. Juvenile giant squid are also preyed upon ...

Colossal squid were first scientifically described by zoologist Guy Robson in 1925 after a sperm whale washed up in the ... to know more about these large kraken-like species”—especially ...

Marine experts later determined it was a 40-foot-long male sperm whale that was about 20 years old. "You can tell by its large jaw," said Tiffany Boothe, the assistant manager at Seaside Aquarium.

Hal Whitehead, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says videos of sperm whale carcasses, like the one taken in Newfoundland this week, can help scientists figure out where to ...