In the watery gloom, 2,500 feet below the surface, a single tentacle unfurls to explore an illuminated camera. What started as a solitary appendage is followed on screen by a mass of undulating ...

The contest pits penguins from all over the globe against each other in 10 rounds, with the public deciding the winner.

Huge squid sometimes inhabit the world of fiction and imagination, but have rarely been seen in daylight. It’s possible that ancient sightings of the species gave rise to tales of the kraken ...

The giant squid is a rare and elusive creature, once thought only to exist in stories of sea monsters called krakens. But in 2004, the Museum was offered a nearly complete specimen caught at a depth ...

Illustration of a squid-inspired Kraken from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, 1870. Image via Wikimedia Commons Jon says, 'Squid and octopus really are unusual animals. Their body ...