A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists found ...

Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world’s oldest octopus ...

A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus—even featuring in the Guinness Book of ...

Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including ...

This spring, the museum is hosting events exploring everything from how our ancestors wielded wooden tools to the work of ...

A 300-million-year-old fossil hailed as the world’s oldest “octopus” has turned out to be something else altogether. The ...

Canadian researchers studying 450-million-year-old fossils near Quebec City have identified a new species of basal-medusozoan ...

In 2000, researchers thought they found the oldest fossil octopus, which lived over 300 million years ago. But it may just be ...

Researchers studying a 250-million-year-old fossil have found the first ever proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs, with the ...

The south coast of South Africa’s Western Cape province is a rich source of fossil tracks and traces – clues suggesting what ...