The mysterious giant squid has rarely ever been seen by humans, let alone photographed or filmed swimming in its natural habitat. Most of what we know about giant squids has come from fishermen ...

Lorna James, Talbott Maxey, and Tara Vecellio were chairwomen of "Oceans Alive!," which featured deep-sea explorer Edith Widder, who talked about what lies beneath the deepest ocean and included ...

Widder wasn’t a giant squid hunter at first. She was asked to join the team for the 2012 mission because of a talk she gave about her area of expertise: bioluminesce.

Marine biologist Dr Edith Widder was inside a submersible searching for bioluminescence in the ocean depths when she saw a giant squid as big as a two story house (R) ...

So just how big do giant squid get? Types Of Giant Squid Giant Squid live in the vast, deep ocean and are usually only able to be studied when their carcasses wash up on shore. For this reason, there ...

The subject of legends for thousands of years, the largest living invertebrates remain relatively mysterious. Living deep below the surface of the ocean, scientists are only just beginning to reveal ...

The giant squid, Widder notes, is quite a conspicuous animal in the ocean. "They happen to float when they die, because they have ammonia in their tissues," Widder says.

Edith Widder built a stealth camera that observes the giant squid and other deep ocean animals.

Such hesitation would be a shame, however, if it stops anyone from picking up marine biologist Edith Widder’s enthralling new memoir, “Below the Edge of Darkness.” ...

Edith Widder details her life and work involving the creatures who light up the deep, and assesses humans' mismanagement of the oceans. She's a captivating storyteller, not simply a pioneering ...