We’ve all grown up fearing sharks, the ultimate ocean predator. But what if I told you the ocean has another contender for ...

One of the most striking things about these creatures, however, is the fact that each of their eight arms almost seems to ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

While Nayler's story is wholly fictional, it is not without basis in a very real school of zoological thought, one which holds that octopuses are indeed unique within the animal kingdom as we ...

Just how smart are cephalopods, really? After all, it’s legal to farm chickens and cows. Is an octopus smarter than, say, a ...

When stretched from tip to tip, the world's largest octopus species, the giant Pacific octopus, has an arm measurement of 7 feet or more, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.

A study from the University of Chicago has revealed a critical mechanism in the octopus's nervous system that allows for ...

While modern humans are only Homo sapiens, there are many different species of octopus that live in a variety of places, from the deep sea to the seashore. So, Coulson said, 'if one population or ...

After all, it’s legal to farm chickens and cows. Is an octopus smarter than, say, a turkey? Some of these species live alone in the nearly featureless darkness of the deep ocean; others live ...

Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity, bending, twisting, and curling with nearly infinite degrees of freedom. New research from the University ...

The mimic octopus, which lives in sandy habitats devoid of any shelter, even impersonates some of the ocean’s deadliest residents. Its repertoire includes lionfish and stingrays and it can choose ...