Watching an octopus punch an annoying fish is hugely satisfying to frustrated humans. And other animals do the ...

This octopus behavior might look funny at first glance, but it reveals how evolution solves complex problems in unexpected ways.

On certain remote shores in northern Australia, the line between sea and land is not as firm as it looks. When the tide drains away, a small, mottled octopus hauls itself out of the shallows and ...

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 ...

Octopuses are cephalopods that live in oceans around the world. They are also some of the most intelligent creatures on Earth. Their brain structures vary depending on where they live. For example, ...

Modelling of ocean currents suggests that larvae from Guernsey, which saw its own octopus bloom in 2024, "likely contributed ...

Instead of sensing neurotransmitters, however, octopus receptors contain important adaptations to sense relatively insoluble, greasy molecules that stick to surfaces. Squid are ambush predators that ...

Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish ...