Smithsonian Magazine

This Bone-Crunching Octopus Was Nearly the Size of a Semitruck and May Have Feasted on Giant Reptiles 100 Million Years Ago

The massive invertebrates may have been top predators, according to an analysis of their fossilized jaws. The work suggests ...

Giant Octopus Fossil Ranks Among Largest Invertebrates Ever Discovered, Scientists Say

The discovery challenges a 370-million-year-old assumption that only vertebrates could be top ocean predators.
KNAU Arizona Public Radio

Researchers find evidence for possibly the largest invertebrates — colossal octopuses

Fossil research shows that an enormous "kraken-like" octopus stalked the seas during the Cretaceous period, competing with large apex predators.

A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous

Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, ...
Malay Mail

The Kraken was real? Fossils point to a giant octopus that ruled ancient seas

The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ships and sailors down into the deep. During the ...