Giant, intelligent octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas. Modern octopuses are known for their intelligence and ...

The 19-metre-long Nanaimoteuthis haggarti was a fearsome carnivore eating fish, crustaceans and many other sea creatures.

Fossil jaws reveal giant prehistoric octopuses may have ruled ancient oceans as powerful apex predators during the Cretaceous ...

New research suggests giant octopuses up to 19 metres long may have ruled ancient oceans 100 million years ago, challenging ...

Two separate studies have reshaped understanding of octopus evolution. Research from Hokkaido University identified 100-million-year-old finned octopuses as massive apex predators, while University of ...

Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, ...

Scientists utilized 3D X-ray imaging to uncover new details that challenged previous ideas about prehistoric marine life.

Scientific knowledge is constantly updated, revised, or reshuffled as new insights emerge. One particular fossil was thought to be the world’s oldest octopus. But it turned out to be a completely ...

A 300-million-year-old fossil hailed as the world's oldest "octopus" has turned out to be something else altogether. The artefact even featured in the Guinness Book of Records. But new research shows ...