Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the ...

While modern octopuses have DNA that consistently gets reshuffled, resulting in some chromosomal mixing, the researchers ...

Cassius was an 18-foot-long saltwater crocodile living in captivity in Marineland Crocodile Park in Australia. He died last ...

Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone.

The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s biodiversity and biooptics team on Nov. 6, the institute confirmed to SFGATE via email. Prior ...

Getty Image Now here is something you don't see every day. Researchers were flabbergasted when they stumbled upon this ...

A seven-legged octopus was found on a Scottish beach in late November, with all its body parts scattered in different places. Researchers are puzzled as to how it reached the shore since it typically ...

The remains of a rare deep-sea octopus has washed up on a beach in Aberdeenshire. The Forvie National Nature Reserve were alerted to the discovery of a “thick tentacle” located at the beach near ...

The body of a deep-sea octopus has been found on a Scottish beach, drawing attention from academia. This octopus is known as 'septopus (septopus, seven + octopus))' and has the characteristic of ...

Dr. Lauren Smith, a marine biologist at research organization Saltwater Life, called the flotsam “an extraordinary find,” ...

The creature, also known as septopus, was found in fragments along the Ythan estuary near Forvie National Nature Reserve, ...