Scientists say the world's oldest octopus fossil isn't an octopus after all

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

Scientists discover the world’s oldest ‘octopus’ fossil is a different 300-million-year-old critter

More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world’s oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn’t one at ...
Phys.org

Taking a lesson in evolutionary adaptation from octopus, squid

Cephalopods such as octopus and squid evolutionarily diverged from mollusks like slugs and snails. These animals have elaborate compact nervous systems located within specialized arm appendages, which ...
Hoodline

Field Museum's 'Oldest Octopus' Exposed as Nautiloid Impostor

Korn, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons For years, a 300-million-year-old fossil in Chicago was celebrated as the world’s oldest ...

300-million-year-old sea creature mistaken for the world’s oldest octopus

For years, this fossil seemed to tell a thrilling story. Here was an animal from more than 300 million years ago that ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Name Game: A ‘Celebrity’ Cephalopod Specimen Correctly Identified More Than 80 Years After Discovery

Collected by the iconic American writer John Steinbeck, the octopus has received a number of scientific monikers Chihiro Kai Museum specialist Katie Ahlfeld holds up an octopus specimen that was ...
The Florida Times-Union

Top Frozen Cephalopods Manufacturers Gain Momentum as Global Seafood Demand Continues to Rise

QINGDAO CITY, SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA, March 18, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The global frozen seafood industry has experienced steady expansion in recent years ...