many people think of giant whales, squid or octopuses with infinite tentacles or sharks that would scare the wits out of Martin Brody and Quint, the main characters in Spielberg's first film about ...

Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.

Fish, shrimp and occasionally other squids and whales are the typical diet for these giant creatures. One of the popular predators for the giant squid would be the sperm whale. Although we have not ...

It’s thought they evolved to spot large predators, such as sperm whales ... Giant squid’s reddish colour provides camouflage in the deep sea because the only available light is blue.

Is the giant squid threatened with extinction ... but their number can be extrapolated from the number of sperm whales (the squid’s primary predator), the number of squid beaks found in the ...

In November the zoologist will lead an expedition in search of one of the last great "monsters" of the sea, the giant squid. Although these cousins of the octopus have been found dead in fishermen ...