This giant finned octopus ruled Cretaceous oceans as apex predator. It's a new species

The finned octopus lived alongside T. rex and may have been one of the top predators in the ancient ocean food chain.

Mass stranding offers rare insight into lives of pilot whales

Scientists say "chemical signatures" in the animals' skin provide new data on feeding behaviour.
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Paleontologists Discover 62-foot Kraken-like Octopus That Ruled the Cretaceous Ocean

“These findings revise the view of the Cretaceous ocean as a world dominated only by large vertebrate predators,” study ...

'Gigantic' ancient octopus used jaws to crush prey and hunted alongside the dinosaurs 100M years ago: study

Octopuses' earliest relatives may have been gigantic predators hunting during the age of dinosaurs, according to new Hokkaido ...

Feeding shift may have steered 55 pilot whales toward Scotland mass stranding

New research, focused on the feeding behavior of long-finned pilot whales, has shed light on one of Scotland's largest mass ...
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Short-finned pilot whale "Haitang" to be released into ocean within May in Sanya

Worker from Sanya Haichang Animal Conservation Center feeds the short-finned pilot whale "Haitang" in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 15, 2024. The recently rescued short-finned pilot whale ...
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Short-finned pilot whale recovers well in Sanya, S China

The short-finned pilot whale "Haili" swims at Sanya Haichang Animal Conservation Center in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 2, 2024. "Haili", a short-finned pilot whale rescued earlier after ...