For the most part, the octopus featured in Netflix’s Remarkably Bright Creatures movie—which began streaming today—is CGI. “There was no way we were going to be able to train an octopus to do all the ...

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been the octopus. New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once ...

Pohlsepia mazonensis, a visually underwhelming fossil from Illinois, fundamentally broke our understanding of cephalopod evolution. Described in 2000 and hailed as the oldest known octopus in the ...

A prehistoric fossil previously thought to belong to the world's oldest octopus has been reclassified as something else, after scientists discovered the remains actually belonged to a different type ...

The story of a 300-million-year-old fossil has been rewritten after scientists discovered that it doesn’t actually belong to the world’s oldest octopus as previously thought. In fact, it belongs to an ...

In 2000, researchers described an odd fossil found not far from Chicago. It had a round body, finlike structures on one end and a tangle of arms. The fossil was classified as an octopus and named ...

Octopuses are a useful reminder that complex life can be organized in very different ways. With no backbone, their anatomy departs sharply from the body plans many people are familiar with. They are ...

Octopus sex hinges on a bizarre anatomical trick. In lieu of a penis, the male has a special mating arm called a hectocotylus. He feels around with it inside the female’s mantle—a bulbous structure ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ghost, the Long Beach Aquarium’s beloved giant Pacific octopus, has died, the aquarium announced in a news release ...

Alfred Molina is not shedding his octopus persona anytime soon. The British actor, who played Doctor Octopus in "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has been revealed as the voice of giant Pacific octopus ...

Apparently, Pixar will happily spend 40 years playing therapist to anyone about anything, but they draw the line at queer people. Reading time 2 minutes Do you remember a couple of years back when ...

The animation company's chief creative officer said they did not want their film to force parents to have conversations they weren't ready to discuss with their children. By McKinley Franklin Pixar‘s ...