The word “fossil” tends to evokes calcified bones or shells — the “hard” body parts of an animal that died long ago. That’s partially because it is very rare for soft tissue — literal flesh making up ...

2. Zero Bones - As an invertebrate, the octopus has no skeletal system. It is comprised of soft tissue and muscle. The ...

KING 5 anchor Greg Copeland shares fun facts about our eight-armed cephalopod friends on World Octopus Day. Fort Sam employee ...

Named Xiphodracon goldencapsis, the new species is an ichthyosaur -- an order of large extinct marine reptiles -- that lived ...

World Octopus Day reveals how intelligent, adaptable, and important octopuses are to our planet’s oceans today.

The Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) is the largest octopus ever found. Learn about its record-breaking size, ...

Cephalopods like octopuses, cuttlefish, and squid display a range of deceptive behaviors, which may rely on sophisticated cognitive abilities such as Theory of Mind.

From Oct 11, visitors stepping into a hall at the Science Centre Singapore will be transported more than 400 million years ...

Geometric interplays, sinuous lines, chunky volumes, a dash of color and not-your-grandma’s pearls: self-expression via ...

Most aquatic species have fresh water and salt water varieties, however I cannot remember hearing of a freshwater cephalopod. Do they exist, and if not, what is the most likely reason why not?

The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer.

If you couldn't tell already from the prints lining the gallery walls, Patricia Thornton is an optimist. “I was born with a ...