Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional “Star Wars” desert planet Tatooine.

Giant squid, once thought to be sea serpents, are very rarely seen and live at depths of 200-1,000m. They can weigh up to a 1,000kg and the largest ever spotted measured a vast 18.5m and was found ...

New footage filmed 600 metres below the surface of the Southern Atlantic Ocean shows rare juvenile from world's heaviest ...

An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and ...

Two research expeditions have captured the first footage of two squid species — a colossal squid and a glacial glass squid — ...

The first footage of a giant squid swimming alive can be seen below. The colossal squid photographed is still young, measuring just 30cm in length, and is far from mature. However, fully mature ...

Bolstad clarified that the colossal squid is not the same as the giant squid. While the colossal squid lives exclusively in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions, the giant squid is found in ...

Rov Subastian/ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute Despite a giant squid being the longest invertebrate, the colossal squid is the "beefiest," Taylor said. One of the most distinguishing ...

"We could think of this maybe as a 'teenager' squid … it's still got a lot of growing to do." Marine biologist and giant squid expert Steve O'Shea, who was not part of the expedition, said to ...

You may have heard of the giant squid, a massive underwater creature known to grow up to about 43 feet. In 2006, Japanese scientists captured a young female of the species on camera for the first ...

Unlike the giant squid — which is lighter but thought to be longer and is found throughout the majority of the deep ocean, colossal squids call only Antarctic waters home. Jyotika Virmani ...

However, adult colossal squid can grow to lengths of 23 feet long and weigh 1,100 pounds, making them the world’s largest invertebrate — even bigger than the famed giant squid immortalized by ...