The octopus is a biological oddity. It can use tools, open jars, and its complex nervous system supports as many neurons as a ...

A newly discovered change in ribosomal RNA makes protein production more precise, potentially safeguarding these cephalopods’ ...

"Every dive has the potential to reveal something the world has never seen before." ...

The palm-size creature was spotted and collected during a research expedition more than a decade ago, but scientists have just identified it as a previously undescribed species ...

Now, scientists have discovered that the California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) can also learn to use mirrors, researchers report June 3 in Current Biology. When brainstorming octopus ...

The team at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, has devised a great approach for their Giant pacific ...

Talk about a unique friendship!

This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses in all of the ocean. The blue-ringed octopus (genus Hapalochlaena) is small ...

Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) tentacles up close and personal. Octopus tentacles have rows of powerful suckers that can 'taste' the water and form water-tight seals underwater, allowing them to grasp ...

Her new friend looks like her favorite toys! The sweet Golden Retriever has been a fan of octopi since she was just a pup, ...