A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus—even featuring in the Guinness Book of Records—has turned out to be something else altogether. In what amounts to ...

Pohlsepia mazonensis, a visually underwhelming fossil from Illinois, fundamentally broke our understanding of cephalopod evolution. Described in 2000 and hailed as the oldest known octopus in the ...

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LONDON — 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. Newly published research ...

More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world's oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn't one at all. A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal ...

A 300‑million‑year‑old fossil, previously thought to be the remains of the world's oldest octopus, has been identified as a different animal. Using the latest technology to search inside the fossil, ...

A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth showing it was actually related to a nautilus, not an octopus. The confusion ...

The researchers primarily studied California two-spot octopuses. Jerry Kirkhart via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 Octopus sex seems like a very dignified affair. A male octopus hands his sperm to ...

The neural and cognitive complexity of the octopus could originate from a molecular analogy with the human brain, according to a new study. The research shows that the same 'jumping genes' are active ...

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A famous 300-million-year-old fossil previously believed to be the world’s oldest octopus actually may be a different animal entirely, new scans have revealed. The Pohlsepia mazonensis fossil was ...

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 ...