The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule ...

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.

Some 80 million years ago, the late Cretaceous oceans were patrolled by 17-meter mosasaurs, long-necked plesiosaurs, and ...

Study reveals a 60-foot kraken-like octopus that may have rivaled ocean predators, reshaping views of ancient marine ...

Scientists have identified two species of giant finned octopuses from the Late Cretaceous, with one, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, ...

The finned octopus lived alongside T. rex and may have been one of the top predators in the ancient ocean food chain.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 110 million years ago, two pterosaurs were probably wandering around the shore when they were snapped up by a hungry ...

Dinosaur DNA may still be out of reach, but scientists are uncovering something almost as exciting—ancient blood vessels ...

Did mammals hatch from eggs? It might sound ludicrous given what we know about modern mammals. However, this was not the case ...

Scientists can learn a lot about extinct animals by studying their footprints, bones and even teeth. But, while insightful, these artifacts don’t always paint a complete picture of an ancient creature ...

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a new report. The hell ant, which was preserved in limestone, is a member ...