SAN CARLOS, SONORA — Ricardo Felix, 22, keeps a quick pace as he pulls a thick cord of fishing line hand over hand, rubbing a groove into the 25-foot boat, or "panga," that he and his partners use to ...

Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) are also known as jumbo squid, and it’s easy to see why — they are absolutely enormous. An adult can reach 7 feet in length and weigh 110 pounds. But what is truly ...

For centuries, tales of sea monsters turned sailors’ fear of the unknown into legends of giant tentacled beasts. On March 9, 2025, a real-life encounter finally caught up with the myths when ...

The mysterious giant squid has rarely ever been seen by humans, let alone photographed or filmed swimming in its natural habitat. Most of what we know about giant squids has come from fishermen ...

Warm up the deep fryer and prepare gallons of cocktail sauce: voracious giant squid have mysteriously arrived off the Orange County coast, it was reported today. The Orange County Register's blog ...

A rare giant squid was found washed up on the El Sablón beach, Llanes, in northern Spain on Friday, a local outlet reported. These creatures of the deep, inspiration for the fearsome mythical ...

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Humboldt squid have been moving northward into California's Monterey Bay for the last five years, gobbling up Pacific hake, an important catch for commercial fisherman, according to a report published ...

It's not often you get to see a giant sea creature up close and personal. But the arrival of swarms of giant Humboldt squid in southern California... In Calif., A Rare Look At Humboldt Squid ROBERT ...

Regarded as some of the largest animals in our oceans, which creature is bigger: the giant squid vs blue whale? While blue whales are well-studied, very little is known about giant squid. But just how ...