It has terrorised mariners since ancient times and eluded researchers for decades, but now the 'Kraken' of the deep has given up its secrets.

New Zealand marine scientists are thawing the corpse of the largest squid to be caught, in an attempt to unlock some of the secrets of one of the ocean’s most mysterious beasts.

Japanese scientists have photographed for the first time in the wild a live giant squid, one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep sea.