Learn more about the chemical compound oleamide that leaks from plastic pollution and changes octopus meal preferences.

More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics ...

Learn how octopuses use microbial signals to detect rotten food and unviable eggs.

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 mostly made up of sucker-studded arms, each one packed with muscles and nerves that enable them to engage with their environment in ways no other invertebrate has mastered. But how ...

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 ...

A translucent hydrogel film can conceal and reveal Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, triggered by subtle changes in temperature, ...