TOKYO (CNN) -- It isn't every day that a mystery from the deep swims into plain sight. But on Christmas Eve, spectators on a pier in Toyama Bay in central Japan were treated to a rare sighting of a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (Dec. 29, 2015) — It isn’t every day ...

Giant squids aren't just creatures you read about in fantasy stories or see portrayed on TV and in computer games. They exist in real life, and sometimes they're spotted in rather unusual places. Such ...

Last week, a giant squid gave the internet the gift of being caught on footage and shared on social media, providing a rare glimpse into the often mysterious depths of earth's oceans. The sighting ...

In recent years, Japanese fishers’ saury catches have fallen to record lows, prompting some to use their fishing boats to catch other marine life as well, such as tuna and squid. Saury fishers are ...

Video recorded in the summer of 2012, provided by NHK and Discovery Channel, a giant squid takes bait in the deep sea off Chichi island, Japan. -AP As they hauled in their net on the frigid seas of ...

In late January 2021, the Aquas Aquarium in Shimane prefecture in southern Japan posted a video on Twitter showing a giant squid that was found washed up in the city of Izumo. Giant squid sightings ...

The seaside town of Noto commissioned a gigantic squid statue, which cost around $228,500. The city's government received around $7.3 million in grants to tide them over during the COVID pandemic.

A $230,000 statue is part of an effort to revive tourism in the fishing town of Noto. Critics call it a waste of money as Japan struggles to contain a new outbreak. By Hisako Ueno and Shashank Bengali ...