Tusoteuthis was a giant squid nearly equal in size to those that ply the oceans today—with their tentacles stretched out, the ancient cephalopods may have measured 25 to 35 feet (8 to 11 meters ...

Scientists know very little about the elusive giant squid, which lives at ocean depths of between 300 and 1000m or more. Much of what they do know comes from the remains of dead or dying specimens ...

In 2012, scientists from Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science were able to film a giant squid in its natural habitat nearly 3,000 feet down in the Ogasawara archipelago by using flashing ...

The first recording of a living giant squid was made in 2006 ... But the species was not filmed in its natural habitat until 2012, when the Medusa was first deployed in Japanese waters.