Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An alumni group affiliated with Western Washington University has shared images of a giant Pacific octopus that washed ashore ...

A kraken-like octopus that could grow to more than 18 metres long may have been one of the fiercest predators in the oceans, according to scientists. New research out of Japan’s Hokkaido University is ...

Today's octopuses are intelligent, remarkably flexible animals that lurk in reefs, hide in crevices, or drift through the deep sea. But new research suggests that their earliest relatives may have ...

The fascinating science behind the giant Pacific octopus is the topic of the next Environmental Speaker Series event hosted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Rui Palma/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Long before Megalodon ruled the seas, something just as unsettling may have lurked in the ...

A "kraken-like" giant octopus might have been one of the most formidable predators around 100 million years ago, scientists have found. New research led by scientists from Japan's Hokkaido University, ...

The kraken — a gigantic, tentacled sea monster capable of dragging ships and sailors down into the depths — is a creature of Norwegian myth. But millions of years ago, a similar real-life animal ...

An alumni group affiliated with Western Washington University has shared images of a giant Pacific octopus that washed ashore recently in Bellingham. "Pictured is a local Marine Life Center staff ...

Giant, fearsome octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas, according to new research that flips the script on their evolutionary past. By uncovering exquisitely preserved fossil jaws hidden ...