Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a nautilus relative.
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In 2017, a remotely operated vehicle descended the rocky slopes of the Caroline Seamount in the Western Pacific and collected ...
Can you imagine spending your entire life without ever touching the floor? Well, that’s the reality for this octopus. Pelagic ...
This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses in all of the ocean.
Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...
The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus.
A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists found evidence that it’s not an octopus at all.
When Pohlsepia mazonensis was first named, it was celebrated as the oldest known octopus. However, new research reveals that it’s actually a relative of Nautilus – rewriting our understanding of when ...