Here's why the 1,000-pound colossal squid, one of the oceans' most majestic yet elusive creatures, has eyes the size of soccer balls. We know more about the vast expanses of our solar system—and the ...

The colossal squid was first described in 1925 based on specimens from the stomach of a commercially hunted sperm whale. A century later, an international voyage captured the first confirmed video of ...

An international team of scientists and crew on board Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor (too) was the first to film the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural ...

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