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Yay! The full journal article is now available freely in pdf form from Royal Society Publications.
First-ever observations of a live giant squid in the wild
(.pdf file, 660k)
T Kubodera and K Mori
The giant squid, Architeuthis, is one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep-sea. This is the first-ever successful attempt to observe a live […]

Today is a great day for Giant Squid lovers. These shots were actually taken almost a year ago, but have been released today to coincide with the publication of a report in the journal Proceedings B of the Royal Society. Unfortunately the article doesn’t seem to be online yet, but Squidblog will report back as […]

From the Scotsman: Suckers for gay trysts, fiery females and rough sex - squid secrets exposed
FRANK URQUHART
RESEARCH by marine scientists has shed startling new light on the secret sex life of the giant squid, one of the most mysterious monsters of the world’s deepest oceans.
The breakthrough came after a recent spate of strandings on the […]

It has already been going for a few weeks, and is definitely worth a look. Check it out:
http://www.thesciencesite.info/squidcam.shtml
The species is Sepioteuthis australis, and the eggs were collected on Carpophyllum weed off a group of Islands in the Hauraki Gulf, near Auckland, New Zealand.
As always, the discussion on tonmo is the place to go for more […]

From the Times online comes a review of a book with a squiddy bent:
 
THE HIGHEST TIDE
by Jim Lynch
(reviewed by neel mukherjee)
… Miles is another precocious child narrator. Significantly undersized for his age, he is often mistaken for a ten-year-old. His great gift is of observation of marine life on the mud banks where he lives. […]