A newly analyzed set of fossils suggests that an ancient octopus-like creature may have reached around 19 meters in length, ...

A shark that can follow you onto land? Luckily, the “walking shark” poses no threat to humans at all. Now, scientists have ...

Researchers were diving in Papua New Guinea when they discovered a strange new species in shallow waters.

Researchers from Dartmouth College conducted an experiment involving three California two-spot octopuses (Octopus bimaculoides) – the goal was to find out whether the animals could be trained in using ...

Dr Bryce Stewart said he thought this octopus bloom could be different and the creatures may stay in UK waters Marine researchers have said the mass numbers of octopus in waters around Devon and ...

Marine researchers have said the mass numbers of octopus in waters around Devon and Cornwall could be "here to stay". Having found octopus while emptying their pots of lobsters and crabs, fishermen in ...

The new species was named Microeledone galapagensis in honor of the location where it was collected. Charles Darwin Foundation Deep below the waters off the Galápagos Islands resides a tiny blue ...

Record numbers linked to warming waters is mixed news for fishers, with shellfish catches down but octopus catches booming Record numbers of octopuses found off the south-west coast of England last ...

Scientists say that octopuses have been spotted in UK waters, as far as the coasts of Scotland and Wales. There were reports last year of a surge in Octopus numbers in south west England, but it seems ...

This is one incredibly bad direct to video monster flick (though "bad direct to video monster flick" is probably a redundant term). It has all the classic earmark of the worst DTV has to ...

Scientists recently uncovered fossilized jawbones of Nanaimoteuthis haggarti – a massive, kraken-like octopus that roamed Earth about 72 million years ago.According to a recent study published in the ...

While on a deep-sea expedition in the Galapagos in 2015, scientists found a golf-ball sized, short-armed blue octopus. In a recent study, they confirmed that it’s new to science. The newly described ...