In the past few years, people have become more and more interested in marine life– and it’s easy to see why. The ocean is ...

An Octopus cyanea hunts with a blacktip grouper on one side and a blue goatfish on the other. Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that ...

Deep-sea creatures often look more like science fiction monsters than marine animals. The glass octopus is one such animal. The Schmidt Ocean Institute captured this footage of the incredibly rare ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Octopuses have eight flexible arms, each equipped with hundreds of suckers that can taste, smell, feel, and react on their own. While that sounds like science fiction, it’s exactly how ...

An octopus hatchling emerges from a group of eggs at a new octopus nursery, first discovered by the same team in June, at Tengosed Seamount, off Costa Rica. automation Scientists have discovered at ...

Octopuses have often been thought to prowl the seafloor solo using camouflage. But a new study suggests that some have surprisingly rich social lives. A new study found that some members of an octopus ...

A planned octopus farm in Spain’s Canary Islands is attracting opposition from scientists and animal welfare advocates. ...

Photo courtesy Roger Hanlon via AP This photo provided by researchers in September 2024 shows a wild Octopus americanus. New research shows octopuses tend to perform some tasks more often with their ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Humans may be right-handed or left-handed. It turns out octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they do tend to perform some tasks more often with their front arms, new research ...

EXPECTING his normal catch of plaice, turbot and Dover sole, Arthur Dewhirst was surprised when his nets spilled their contents onto his ship's deck earlier this year. Instead of shiny, flapping fish, ...