Architeuthis dux, better known as the giant squid, is likely the inspiration for the legendary kraken. The Granger Collection, New York There are few monsters left in the world. As our species has ...

The colossal squid is the world's largest invertebrate, but the one in this video is a baby. The footage was captured by an underwater expedition near Antarctica. The colossal squid, a mysterious ...

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We’ve already made our opinion known, but T.Ocellus, a.k.a. “the octopus eye,” especially when it’s inside a poor zombified sheep — is the scariest alien in all of Alien: Earth. The Xenomorph is still ...

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