An adult specimen of the world's largest known squid was ... The creature, known as a colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) and with eyes the size of a car tire weighed an estimated 450 ...

"It has a huge lens the size of an orange and captures an awful ... in 2003 that tends to weigh more than the also-big giant squid. The larger colossal squid that scientists examined this week ...

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 ...

The eyes of a giant squid are the size of dinner plates and eyes up to 35cm in diameter have been reported. It’s thought they evolved to spot large predators, such as sperm whales. They do not ...

Curator Jon Ablett tells the tale of how an elusive monster from the deep came to be one of our popular attractions. The Museum's giant squid specimen so inspired one visiting artist that she felt ...