When the scientists paired two male octopuses in the same setup, the males interacted by touching arms, but they never attempted to mate. This suggested that a specific, female-derived chemical cue ...

Octopuses have been caught on camera throwing objects underwater, sometimes hitting rivals. Research explains what's really ...

More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world’s oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn’t one at ...

A viral Instagram video posted in April 2026 showed an octopus throwing rocks at another octopus, along with a claim that females fling objects at persistent males. The video turned out to be ...

Scientific knowledge is constantly updated, revised, or reshuffled as new insights emerge. One particular fossil was thought ...

You’ve probably seen it by now — that Instagram video posted in April 2026 of an octopus hurling rocks at another octopus, ...

Octopuses have a way of making familiar rules feel optional. They live on Earth but behave like visitors with a different instruction manual. Scientists study them for answers about intelligence and ...

Scientists uncover the truth behind a well-known fossil, Pohlsepia mazonensis, showing the "world's oldest octopus" was not ...

The hectocotylus is both a reproductive organ and a sensory organ, a rare combination in animals, new research suggests ...

For years, this fossil seemed to tell a thrilling story. Here was an animal from more than 300 million years ago that ...

In 2016, an octopus named Inky pulled off one of the cleanest escapes ever recorded at the National Aquarium of New Zealand ...

For mating male octopuses, one limb is more important than all others. That is the third right arm or hectocotylus, which is ...