Lionfish, banded sole and sea snakes are among those it impersonates. Jon says 'Plenty of other creatures pretend to be other animals, but the mimic octopus is the only one that we know about that can ...

Blanket octopuses are extremely rare, having been seen only a handful of times in the past decade. It is not a single species ...

Lionfish, which are native to the Indo-Pacific but were accidentally introduced to the Caribbean, are decimating native fish species. To help limit their damage, scientists are teaching sharks to ...

Our spy creatures dive into the world of animal emotions by befriending the most complex minds in the ocean and gaining ...

But the master is probably the mimic octopus. By contorting its body it can appear to be a sea snake, a jellyfish or an intimidating lionfish, among others. A dog disguised as a panda suddenly ...

These octopuses can mimic over 15 sea creatures; some of the most common are lionfish and sea snakes. To simulate the ...

Add in the octopus’s small size (generally around eight inches), relatively short arms, bell-shaped body, pale coloring, and tendency to hover over the seafloor, and you’ve got a cephalopod ...

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than ... giant Pacific octopuses have learned to open jars, mimic other octopuses, and solve mazes in lab tests. Their population numbers ...

Nestled within the reef is the lionfish. This fish is actually ... but did you see the whole thing? A reef octopus can ...

An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not alone. A flurry of fish move alongside it, in a group hunting phenomenon observed in multiple marine locations around the world.