Iran’s revolutionary guard has released a video appearing to show its forces seizing two ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

If the Hermit Crab, Sea Sponge, and octopus species on the shores of Carter Road start talking to you this Sunday, you’ve either had a wild Saturday night, or you’re at theatremaker Nishna Mehta’s ...

A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus—even featuring in the Guinness Book of Records—has turned out to be something else altogether. In what amounts to ...

More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world's oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn't one at all. A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal ...

More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world’s oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn’t one at all. A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal ...

A prehistoric fossil previously thought to belong to the world's oldest octopus has been reclassified as something else, after scientists discovered the remains actually belonged to a different type ...

Pohlsepia mazonensis, a visually underwhelming fossil from Illinois, fundamentally broke our understanding of cephalopod evolution. Described in 2000 and hailed as the oldest known octopus in the ...

LONDON — A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists found evidence that it’s not an octopus at all. Newly published research ...

A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth showing it was actually related to a nautilus, not an octopus. The confusion ...

A 300‑million‑year‑old fossil, previously thought to be the remains of the world's oldest octopus, has been identified as a different animal. Using the latest technology to search inside the fossil, ...