A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth ...

The creature that swam into the Guinness Book of Records as the planet's earliest known octopus just got its title revoked. New high-powered scans of the 300-million-year-old fossil Pohlsepia ...

Zoologists believe the animal decayed for weeks before it was fossilised 300-million-years ago and this led to the case of ...

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

To solve this puzzle, Thomas Clements, a paleontologist at the University of Leicester, and his colleagues put this supposed ...

Scientists uncover the truth behind a well-known fossil, Pohlsepia mazonensis, showing the "world's oldest octopus" was not ...

For years, a 300-million-year-old fossil in Chicago was celebrated as the world’s oldest octopus. Now, after a fresh round of ...