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A giant squid lies on Newport Beach, California with the sun behind

What is the largest squid in the world?

By Charles Q. Choi published

There are two contenders for the world's largest squid, and both are giants.

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The purpleback flying squid (Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis) that swam past the ROV investigating the shipwreck in the Gulf of Aqaba.

Giant purpleblack flying squid photobombs crew investigating shipwreck

By Laura Geggel last updated

A team mapping the seafloor in the northern Red Sea unexpectedly spotted a purpleback flying squid near a previously unknown shipwreck.

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A half-buried giant squid on the beach at Farewell Spit nature reserve in New Zealand.

Giant squid corpse with half-eaten tentacles stuns tourists on New Zealand beach

By Harry Baker published

A dead giant squid has washed up on a beach at a nature reserve in New Zealand. A group of tourists was lucky enough to see the body up close.

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carcass of giant squid strewn between large rocks on a beach

Giant 'kraken' carcass with dinner plate-size eyes washes ashore in South Africa

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A huge giant squid carcass cropped up in Cape Town.

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The deep-sea squid mom carrying her eggs in a gelatinous string behind her.

Deep-sea squid mom carries dazzling pearl-like string of eggs

By Harry Baker last updated

The mesmerizing footage was captured more than 4,500 feet below the sea surface.

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Giant squids live in the deep ocean, and rarely wash up on beaches.

Giant squid that washed up on a South African beach was 'incredible to see'

By Joanna Thompson published

Residents of Kommetjie, South Africa were treated to a rare sight this weekend: a giant squid measuring 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) long.

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The ROV Doc Ricketts took video footage of a strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) in Monterey Canyon off the coast of California.

Weird-eyed strawberry squid spotted in 'twilight zone' off California's coast

By Laura Geggel published

Researchers got video footage of a bright red strawberry squid in the ocean's twilight zone off the coast of California.

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An illustration of the 328 million-year-old vampyropod named after President Joe Biden (Syllipsimopodi bideni).

Ancient 10-armed vampire squid relative named for Joe Biden

By Laura Geggel published

A 328 million-year-old cephalopod may be the oldest in a group related to octopuses and vampire squids.

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A bigfin squid that study co-author Alan Jamieson observed more than 16,000 feet underwater in 2014. Jamieson and his colleagues found the same species swimming thousands of feet deeper in 2021.

World's deepest-dwelling squid spotted 20,000 feet under the sea

By Brandon Specktor published

Scientists spotted the world's deepest-dwelling squid 20,000 feet below the Philippine Sea while hunting for a lost WWII battleship.

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A bigfin squid swims in the deep sea.

Eerie video captures elusive, alien-like squid gliding in the Gulf of Mexico

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The bigfin squid has a ghostly pale appearance and long, spindly tentacles.

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