'Oldest octopus' fossil is no octopus at all, scans reveal

A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus—even featuring in the Guinness Book of ...
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The one arm an octopus will never risk in a fight—its sex arm

For an octopus, exploring the ocean floor with eight highly sensitive arms is a constant game of roulette. These limbs are ...
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World’s Oldest Octopus Fossil From Guinness World Records Was Misidentified — Here's What It Really Is

Learn how a 300-million-year-old fossil once thought to be the oldest octopus was reidentified after hidden teeth were ...

Male octopus has ‘sex arm’ that can mate in the dark

Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...

Why This Male Octopus Detaches Its Own Arm

Octopuses are an extremely diverse group of sea life. With roughly 300 species in total, there are many octopus species that ...
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Beloved octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach dies

A beloved octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach has died, officials announced Wednesday.
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If an octopus is so smart, should you eat it?

Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass. Should they serve as menu items, too? Whether stuffed into ...
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Why Are Octopuses So 'Charismatic, Vulnerable, and Sexy?' Tracy Morgan and Others Want to Know (Exclusive)

Amazon Prime Video's "Octopus!" is a two-part documentary special narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, premiering May 8 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...