That’s as new evidence has found that a ‘kraken-like’ octopus was once roaming the seas, according to scientists. The Kraken was a legend of a sea monster, originating in Scandinavian folklore and ...

Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest invertebrates ever.

This giant cephalopod dwarfed mosasaurs and other massive marine reptiles that lived during the time of the ...

Most octopus bodies don't fossilize - but their rock-hard beaks survived long enough to reveal something extraordinary.

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

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

We know that mythical tales of kraken-like sea creatures with one eye and trailing tentacles are not real. That does not mean, however, that our oceans do not contain extraordinary creatures that are ...