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

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

Drawing lifelike birds starts with truly understanding their anatomy—feathers, beaks, feet, and skeletal structure. Artists who know these details can capture realistic poses and movement from any ...

The intense wear observed on the beaks is ​consistent, the researchers said, with repeated crushing of hard structures such as bones and shells, indicative of a predator that hunted large fish, ...

Gentoo penguins at Edinburgh Zoo court mates by choosing pebbles hand-painted by children at a local hospital.

The 'Kraken' of Norse mythology is one of the most famous sea monsters, often depicted as a giant octopus attacking passing ...

Scientists have identified two extinct finned octopus species from the Cretaceous period, including Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, ...

What makes us consider a living thing a “pest” or less valuable than others? Often, it comes down to two things: the ...

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

While the kea parrot’s beak would normally be considered essential for survival, Bruce has innovated other ways of commanding ...

Paleontologists believe these early cephalopods were ‘huge, intelligent’ creatures that crushed prey with their powerful ...

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus.