Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic is a problem for ocean wildlife. “We spent a whole dive and most of our air saving this octopus from what was bound to be ...

One pint-sized ocean rescue has been stealing hearts online for nearly a decade — and may even have the power to change how you think about plastic pollution. In a YouTube video that has racked up ...

A video of divers persuading a coconut octopus to trade a dangerous plastic cup for a shell has resurfaced online, drawing over 20 million views. Filmed off Lembeh, Indonesia, in 2018, the rescue ...

This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses in all of the ocean.

The now-extinct mollusk may have reached up to 60 feet in length, researchers have found Yohei Utsuki, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University A giant "kraken" octopus may have ...

Bringing a rescue pup home for the first time can be both rewarding and challenging. Many animals coming from shelters carry fear and uncertainty, making even simple interactions feel overwhelming. As ...

The giant kraken, a mythical marine beast, may not be entirely fiction. New evidence suggests that octopuses up to 62 feet long likely roamed the waters of ancient Earth, ripping and devouring prey in ...

The late Cretaceous marine food web may have had a terrifying kraken-like creature among its top ranks. A new analysis of ancient octopus jaws suggests that many of the animals were bone-crunching ...

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved. Three hearts; blue blood; no ...

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An active shooter wasn’t going to get this agent to mess up his tux! Amid the chaotic scene at the White House Correspondents Dinner, one attendee went viral for calmly munching on his salad as others ...