OBERHAUSEN (Germany) (AFP) Let the fiesta begin. Spain will win the football World Cup for the first time in their history on Sunday, according to Paul, the psychic octopus with a perfect prediction record. The eight-legged oracle, who has become a World Cup sensation by correctly predicting all ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - The octopus may be smarter than you think: Australian scientists Tuesday revealed the eight-tentacled species can carry coconut shells to use as armour the first case of an invertebrate using tools. Research biologist Julian Finn said he was blown away the first time he saw the ...