Robinson was reviewing tape the team captured during the fifth deployment of the Medusa in the ship's lab when he caught a glimpse of what he thought might be a giant squid. They had reviewed 120 ...

A giant squid has been caught on camera in U.S. waters for the first time ever by researchers who were looking for creatures living in the "midnight zone" of the sea.

NOAA said the squid was about 10-12 feet and it appeared to wrap its tentacles around an underwater camera. ... The Medusa uses red lights that are invisible to creatures at deeper depths.

To entice the squid to pass in front of Medusa, Widder used another one of her inventions — a bioluminescent lure attached to the camera system that she calls the e-jellyfish.

Medusa can dive as low as 6,560 feet below the surface. Footage released by NOAA shows the giant squid approaching Medusa, its tentacles flaring as though it had mistaken the camera for an actual ...

Giant squid with blue blood and three hearts captured on video for first time in US waters. ... The scientists used a specialised camera system developed by Ms Widder called The Medusa, ...

In fact, the giant squid spotted in the Gulf of Mexico was a little too convinced by the E-Jelly's display; as footage of the encounter shows, the giant squid tried to attack the Medusa's camera ...

The Medusa gets around this problem with its red lights, which giant squid don’t see. It worked once before, capturing the image of a giant squid off the coast of Japan in 2012.

An elusive giant squid has made a rare on-camera appearance, delighting scientists on the prowl for the deep-sea creature that until relatively recently had largely escaped the eyes of researchers.