For thousands of years, sailors have told stories of giant squids. In myth and cinema, the kraken was the most terrible of sea monsters. Now, it's been captured — on a soon-to-be-seen video.

To get you ready for the awesomesauce that is KRAKEN Day(!!), it is only appropriate to open with Dr. M's Epic giant squid post from earlier this year. Enjoy :) ----- In the following post I will ...

The giant squid is also believed to be the inspiration for the kraken, a mythological creature which in Norse sagas resided near Norway and Greenland and would attack sailors. By Matthew Rozsa ...

The full length of the giant squid. (REUTERS) Still photos taken from the world’s first moving images of the mysterious giant squid in its natural habitat have been released by documentary fi… ...

Giant squid sightings are likely what inspired tales of the ship-destroying Kraken from Scandinavian mythology. Real giant squid live at depths of at least 2,950 feet (900 m) below the ocean's ...

The Kraken, the mythical beast of the sea, is real. Giant squid live in the dark depths of the ocean, and very little is known about them to this day. Most of what the world has learned about the ...

In this photo released by Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, a giant squid is seen after it washed up onto Ocean Beach in Strahan, Tasmania, Tuesday, July, 10. 2007. The squid, measuring 1 meter ...

This giant squid was supposedly 55 feet long, but it provided further study about the species. A giant squid statue in Glover's Harbor is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the area today.

TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese-led team of scientists has captured on film the world’s first live images of a giant squid, journeying to the depths of the ocean in search of the mysterious ...

Squid news from last year: Live giant squid! Discovery Channel says it's got first vids of the kraken Screen grab from footage captured by NHK and Discovery Channel taken in July 2012 shows a ...

For thousands of years, sailors have told stories of giant squids. In myth and cinema, the kraken was the most terrible of sea monsters. Now, it's been captured — on a soon-to-be-seen video.