With their extraordinarily long tentacles and elusive behavior, bigfin squids are arguably one of the most alluring animals of the deep sea. Sightings of live individuals in the wild are extremely ...

Another bigfin squid spotted by the Alvin submarine in the Gulf of Mexico, October 2000. Credit: Michael Vecchione et al, Science, December 21, 2001 Increased interest and advancements in deep-sea ...

Rare footage of a bigfin squid captured by a ROV deployed 11,000 feet deep in the Tonga Trench. Credit: Deep Sea Research ...

A ghostly squid with huge, iridescent fins and funky, elbow-like bends in its tentacles is rarely seen, but scientists recently captured stunning footage of the elusive animal during an expedition ...

But despite its otherworldly appearance, the elusive cephalopod known simply as the Bigfin squid (Magnapinnidae) may be more common in Earth's deep oceans than scientists ever knew. In the 113 ...

The otherworldly animal in this video is a Magnapinna atlantica, a bigfin squid rarely seen, let alone captured on camera. Its unmistakable tentacles and transparent mantle mark it as a deep-sea ...

As the camera pans back, the team spot a squid in the distance and follow it. A still from the footage of the bigfin squid taken as part of the NOAA Ocean Exploration Windows to the Deep 2021 dives.

If you click on a link in this story we may earn affiliate revenue. THIS is the incredible moment a bigfin squid with 13ft tentacles was spotted lurking 20,000 feet below the surface. A team of ...

And then there are the unadulterated nightmares. The bigfin squid falls into the latter category and, for our H.P. Love-cash, may be the most haunting one we’ve ever seen. They went looking for ...

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He also owns a lot of ugly Christmas sweaters. New sightings of the bigfin squid, a cephalopod with tentacles that can grow up to 26 feet long, roaming the ocean where sunlight can't reach ...