Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Underwater filmmaker John Roney has completed around 1,500 dives in his career, but a dive earlier this month off the coast of ...

A newly identified finned octopus species is forcing scientists to rethink who really ruled the oceans during the age of dinosaurs. Based on fossilized jaws uncovered in Japan and Canada, researchers ...

If you are hiking off the coast of northern Washington and exploring tidepools, the last thing you would probably expect to find would be a giant Pacific octopus swimming around in it! But a group of ...

Madrona Point in British Columbia, Canada, is a popular spot for diving. These waters are also home to the giant Pacific octopus, the largest octopus species on Earth. In this YouTube video, a diver ...

Fitzgerald, the Great Lakes Aquarium’s beloved Giant Pacific octopus, has died. The Duluth aquarium made the announcement Wednesday, roughly 10 months after Fitzgerald laid her many thousands of eggs ...

A beloved octopus that has drawn thousands of people's attention at the Aquarium of the Pacific has entered the final phase of its life, which will be fully devoted to eggs that can never hatch. Ghost ...

A jaw tip worn down by nearly a tenth does not sound like much until you picture what it means. Chipping, cracking, scratches and polish do not appear on their own. Something was hitting back. That is ...

Giant "kraken-like" octopuses were terrifying apex predators of the oceans 100 million years ago, according to new research. The "enormous" creatures were active carnivores who routinely crushed hard ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been the octopus. Little Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected A ...