New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.

What started as a simple shell-hunting day in unbelievably clear water quickly turned into something much bigger. We found dangerous debris, witnessed its impact on marine life, and came across an ...

For nearly 25 years, a hand-sized fossil pulled from the rocks of Illinois held a remarkable title: the oldest known octopus ...

The largest octopus alive today, in comparison, is the giant Pacific octopus. Per National Geographic, it tends to reach up ...

For 25 years, a hand-sized sea creature embedded in Illinois rock held the title of the world’s oldest octopus. Now, thanks ...

Life Kraken? New fossil evidence reveals a prehistoric octopus that stretched nearly 20 metres long! These \"brainy\" giants ...

Unlike most of its invertebrate peers, octopuses gave up protective shells... But it seems that the sacrifice was totally ...

The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule ...

More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world’s oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn’t one at ...

You’ve probably seen it by now — that Instagram video posted in April 2026 of an octopus hurling rocks at another octopus, ...

Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus ...