The 19-metre-long Nanaimoteuthis haggarti was a fearsome carnivore eating fish, crustaceans and many other sea creatures.

It was more than it was Kraken-ed up to be. An octopus the size of the Hollywood Sign might seem like a monster from Greek ...

Unlike most of its invertebrate peers, octopuses gave up protective shells... But it seems that the sacrifice was totally ...

A giant octopus, likened to a mythical creature said to be capable of dragging ships to their doom, roamed the seas during ...

The discovery, based on novel techniques to analyse fossilised beaks, details how colossal octopuses prowled the depths ...

The "enormous" creatures were active carnivores who routinely crushed hard shells and bones with their powerful bites.

Nearly a century after its initial discovery, scientists have captured footage of the colossal squid swimming in its natural deep sea environment for the first time, shedding new light on the elusive ...

A kraken-like octopus that could grow to more than 18 metres long may have been one of the fiercest predators in the oceans, ...