When Inky the octopus squeezed through a drain pipe and vanished into the ocean, he exposed something uncomfortable about how humans see these blue-blooded, three-hearted creatures with minds unlike ...

At first glance, it looks as though an octopus has chosen an unusual form of transportation. In photographs taken off Berry ...

The coconut octopus has solved a problem that stumps most soft-bodied ocean creatures: how to survive on a wide-open, ...

An inflatable octopus keeps getting bigger and bigger as we test just how far it can stretch #Octopus #InflationTest #Satisfying ...

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 ...

Watch this hungry octopus change color as it dreams about eating a crab and find out how they alter their skin so quickly!

An octopus's arm slips into a crevice in the rocks. The tip probes unseen areas, touching the rock surface with its suckers to gather clues about hidden prey. Another arm supports its body, while yet ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This octopus survives in plain sight. Here’s how it adapts ...

Citizen scientist photographs incredible encounter with a Risso’s dolphin and an octopus just off the coast of Devon ...

Octopuses are the bad boys of British fishing. Their segregation is officially a matter of hygiene: they are inky and messy to handle. But fishermen have plenty of reasons to dislike them. The new ...