but there are also times when those mythical creatures turn out to be real. For the most part, the aspects of the Kraken legend check out and can be chalked up to giant squid, although other parts ...

Because it lives so deep in the ocean, the so-called “kraken” has remained elusive even in modern times. The first photo of a living giant squid in ... myth-turned-real creature has to be ...

The giant squid is a rare and elusive creature, once thought only to exist in stories of sea monsters called krakens. But in 2004, the Museum was offered a nearly complete specimen caught at a depth ...

Illustration of a squid-inspired Kraken from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by ... Naming and classifying a new animal is only the beginning,' Jon says. 'We knew it was real and not a mythical ...