Rare fossil finds show colossal octopuses were among the top ocean predators during the Cretaceous Period, according to a new ...

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators. They ...

The "enormous" creatures were active carnivores who routinely crushed hard shells and bones with their powerful bites.

Lurking in prehistoric seas, a colossal, intelligent hunter the length of four cars was crushing bones and seizing prey ...

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, ...

The late, great stand up artist George Carlin got it exactly right some years ago when he held forth on society’s tendency to restructure verbal phraseology to make it easier on the ear, to render it ...

Violence recently erupted over resistance to mining in Odisha’s Rayagada district. The administration’s attempt to remove ...

London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index remained largely unchanged on Wednesday as investors tracked developments in the Middle ...

Christopher Ruane has owned Shell shares before -- and got burnt by a dividend cut. Could recent oil price rises tempt him to invest again? The post Up 36%, could Shell shares still offer value for ...

Over 30 police personnel injured in clashes with tribal protesters in Odisha's Rayagada over a road project linked to the Sijimali bauxite mine ...

The Chairman of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Dr Layi Fatona, has called for stricter regulation across the mining and energy ...