But ammonites weren't reptiles: they were ocean-dwelling molluscs, specifically cephalopods. An ammonite fossil with a carved snake's head Zoë Hughes, Curator of Fossil Invertebrates at the Museum, ...

Some scientists claim that octopuses could be the next big species after humans go extinct and that there is much to learn about the tentacled sea creatures. These are some ways that octopuses have ...

Along with sharks, many of these now-extinct species may have feasted on bottom-dwelling crustaceans and free-swimming cephalopods and fish. Today, the fossilized remains of these creatures are buried ...

How can the soft bodies of coleoid cephalopods so aptly hide in their environment? Why must they? What cells and specialized organs make such crypsis possible for one of the older evolutionary ...

The company recently announced the creation of three dire wolves, a canine species that hasn't roamed the Earth in more than 12,000 years, in the privately held company's continued efforts to ...

Octopuses are cephalopods that live in oceans around ... claim that octopuses could be the next big species after humans go extinct and that there is much to learn about the tentacled sea creatures.