Cephalopods

Biology & Zoology

The circulating images and videos show a real, tawny octopus with a large, soft body, eight arms lined with suckers, and subtle undulating fin-like tissue along the mantle. Thes...

Science & Paleontology

When people ask about a giant octopus fossil, they are usually imagining a spectacular, museum-quality specimen of a very large, extinct octopus. In reality, confirmed fossil oc...

Science & Nature

For many species of octopus, reproduction is the final stage of a life cycle that almost always ends in death. After investing immense energy in finding a mate and laying eggs,...

Animals & Wildlife

"Killer octopus" is not a formal taxonomic name but a label often applied to large, predatory octopus species that interact with humans, notably the giant Pacific octopus (Enter...