A harrowing bit of footage has resurfaced, capturing the moment where a camera was gripped and attacked by a creature in the ...

A species of oval squid from Okinawa, locally known as Shiro-ika, is being cultured at OIST’s Marine Science Station. This animal exhibited amazing camouflaging abilities never before recorded ...

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 2013, these helped to prove that there is just one species of giant squid: Architeuthis dux. Find out more about why we need to protect the oceans and hear about the work of our marine scientists.

The squid has a special symbiotic organ called the light organ, which is colonized by one species of bacteria. These bacteria give the squid the power to glow in the dark, which the animal uses as an ...

Japan will also need to enlist cooperation from China and North Korea, whose fishing boats aggressively haul squid in waters off Japan, to help the species rebound. Hakodate, famed for a variety ...

dux in terms of sheer size, and some scientists argue that the Architeuthis genus actually includes a variety of giant squid species, rather than A. dux alone, according to the Smithsonian.

Research team braves extreme Antarctic conditions to study squid biodiversity, facing cyclones, rough seas, and icy ...