A video shows a diver in Indonesia spending an entire dive convincing a tiny coconut octopus to swap its plastic cup home for ...

This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses ...

The now-extinct mollusk may have reached up to 60 feet in length, researchers have found ...

This octopus survives in plain sight. Here’s how it adapts its body in real time to mirror dangerous species and navigate one ...

It was more than it was Kraken-ed up to be. An octopus the size of the Hollywood Sign might seem like a monster from Greek ...

Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, ...

“These findings revise the view of the Cretaceous ocean as a world dominated only by large vertebrate predators,” study ...

Rare fossil finds show colossal octopuses were among the top ocean predators during the Cretaceous Period, according to a new ...

Fossil evidence suggests there were real ‘Kraken’ – finned octopuses who fed on large animals at the top of the food chain – ...

Fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators of the Cretaceous were ...

Researchers say giant “kraken-like” octopus relatives, some stretching nearly 19 meters, likely competed with apex predators ...

An Italian model vacationing in the Seychelles found love when he was least expecting it — with an octopus. Federico Cola was taking a dip in the stunning waters of the East African honeymooners ...