This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

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 among the most intelligent and mysterious animals in the ocean. With flexible bodies, powerful camouflage, and a complex nervous system, they can escape predators and solve problems in ...

Octopuses can taste with their arms, and a new study reveals that specifically, they're tasting chemical cues from microbes that grow on the surface of objects like dead crabs and living octopus eggs.

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution lifts the veil on what happens when octopuses and fish hunt together. As it turns out, this cross-species relationship is more complex than anyone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pink Octopus Arm Octopuses are mostly made up of sucker-studded arms, each one packed with muscles and nerves that enable them to ...

Jenny Evans / Getty Images Octopuses are capable of sophisticated tasks, from solving puzzles to decorating their dens to remembering people's faces. So when a company in Spain announced that it ...

Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and cannibalised by their much larger partners. The male octopus of this species ...

Octopuses, long considered solitary creatures, are now engaging in complex, cooperative hunting behavior with fish, displaying shared leadership and sophisticated teamwork, according to a new study ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...