Male blue-ringed octopuses use their toxic power to paralyze their larger mates. Want to learn more about these trickster ...

The bold question-askers at What If look into the intelligence of octopuses and whether their alien nature points to origins ...

I watched a show on “National Geographic” about octopuses recently. Octopuses use colors to hide from and/or deter predators.

Octopuses are a pretty incredible species, known for having 8 arms, being highly intelligent and being able to fit into just ...

Growing interest in commercial octopus farming threatens to subject these cognitively complex, sentient animals to inhumane ...

Psychedelics are drugs that cause an altered state of consciousness. Dölen and Tippett discussed plant based compounds like ...

They have 500 million neurons, use tools, and solve puzzles. Now a Spanish company wants to pack them into tanks and kill ...

On a mild February morning, Isaac Blanco quickly places half a sardine into each cage as his brother, Julio, steers their ...

In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and ...

Cephalopod suction was previously thought to be a product of these creatures’ soft, flexible bodies, which can deform easily ...

Californians are prohibited from farming octopuses to eat following a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday. AB 3162 bans the aquaculture of any species of octopus for the purpose of being ...

Californians are prohibited from farming octopuses to eat following a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday. AB 3162 bans the aquaculture of any species of octopus for the purpose of being eaten ...