A fossil beak from an ancient octopus has forced scientists to rethink who ruled the Cretaceous seas. Researchers say two ...
The massive invertebrates may have been top predators, according to an analysis of their fossilized jaws. The work suggests ...
New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.
The discovery, using novel techniques to analyze fossilized jaws, details how colossal octopuses hunted the Late Cretaceous ...
Learn about an ichthyosaur found in Germany that is now the youngest fossil found in its genus, and shows a remarkable story ...
Paleontologists from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) have published a new study in the scientific journal Royal ...
The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule ...
The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been the octopus. Related ...
A fossil discovery in Mistelgau, Northern Bavaria, Germany, reveals that the last representatives of the giant ichthyosaurs of the genus Temnodontosaurus survived longer in the Southwest German Basin ...
The now-extinct mollusk may have reached up to 60 feet in length, researchers have found ...
The Curiosity rover conducted a first-of-its kind experiment on Mars, detecting organic molecules that have never been ...
A remarkably preserved, mummified reptile from 289 million years ago is rewriting what we know about how animals first ...