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The real-life Kraken: whale-sized giant octopuses actually existed
Apr 24, 2026Millions of years ago, enormous octopuses up to 62ft in length roamed the Earth's prehistoric oceans.
World's earliest known octopus turns out to be something else entirely
Apr 9, 2026A famous fossil of what was thought to be a prehistoric octopus has been found to be nothing of the sort.
Remains of gargantuan octopus discovered on Scottish beach
Dec 4, 2025Local wildlife officials were amazed when they received a report of giant tentacles washed up along the shoreline.
Mystery as shark is filmed playing 'taxi' with an octopus on its head
Mar 16, 2025The cephalopod can be seen chilling on the shark's head as it swims along in this peculiar clip from New Zealand.
'Supremely intelligent' creature could take over if humans went extinct
Nov 18, 2024Biologist Prof Tim Coulson has suggested that one species in particular has the potential to dominate the planet.
Scientists film octopus 'waking up from a nightmare'
VIDEO May 24, 2023The footage shows the snoozing cephalopod jolting violently awake as though reacting to a bad dream.
The legacy of 'Paul the Psychic Octopus' persists even today
Nov 29, 2022The peculiar trend of having animals predict the winning teams during the World Cup is still alive and well.
Could whale genitalia explain sea monster sightings ?
Apr 17, 2022An ecology professor has put forward one of the strangest explanations for sightings of long-necked sea monsters.
Octopus is filmed punching a fish in the face
VIDEO Dec 26, 2020Octopuses and fish sometimes work together to find food, but this unlikely alliance doesn't always work out.
The strange case of the Pacific tree octopus
Apr 23, 2020Back in 1998, Lyle Zapato launched a tongue-in-cheek campaign to save what he called the 'tree octopus'.
Fish farmers rescue eagle from giant octopus
VIDEO Dec 14, 2019The struggling animals were recently encountered off the northwest tip of Canada's Vancouver Island.
Sleeping octopus changes color as it 'dreams'
VIDEO Mar 12, 2019Intriguing footage of a sleeping octopus has suggested that cephalopods may have some concept of dreaming.
Seal slaps kayaker in the face with an octopus
VIDEO Sep 28, 2018A kayaker in New Zealand got the shock of his life when a seal suddenly 'attacked' him in a very unexpected way.
Dr Octopus' robotic arms become a reality
VIDEO Sep 4, 2018A Japanese scientist has developed a set of remotely controlled robotic arms that can be worn as a backpack.
'Psychic' World Cup octopus ends up as dinner
Jul 6, 2018An octopus that has been attributed with correctly predicting World Cup results has been killed for food.
Octopuses are space aliens, scientists claim
May 18, 2018A bizarre new theory proposes that octopus embryos arrived on Earth on a comet millions of years ago.
Aquarium captures footage of hatching octopus
VIDEO Feb 11, 2018The remarkable video shows the moment a young cephalopod emerges from its egg and changes color.
New species of giant octopus discovered
Dec 30, 2017Researchers have determined that the giant Pacific octopus is not one, but two genetically distinct species.
Dozens of octopuses invade beach in Wales
VIDEO Oct 30, 2017Beachgoers in the UK have reported seeing dozens of the cephalopods crawling across the sand.
'Octopus city' found off coast of Australia
VIDEO Sep 19, 2017Members of the gloomy octopus species have created their own underwater settlement dubbed 'Octlantis'.
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