Unlike most octopuses, which tackle their prey with all eight arms, a rediscovered tropical octopus subtly taps its prey on the shoulder and startles it into its arms. “I’ve never seen anything like ...

In the marine realm, diel vertical migration is a common feeding pattern: During daytime, zooplankton, fish and other marine life that feeds on these organisms hide in the darker depths of the ocean.

Their bizarre bodies, blobby shape and unique intelligence rank octopuses among the most beloved creatures of the ocean. The 2020 documentary “My Octopus Teacher” was showered with accolades for its ...

Bottlenose dolphins living off the coast of southwest Australia have a dilemma. The local octopuses are tasty and packed with protein, but they are also intelligent, fierce fighters. It’s not enough ...

The mood-altering drug MDMA - which promotes positive, friendly social interactions in humans by inhibiting serotonin uptake in nerve cells - has a similar behavioral effect in an octopus species, ...

The deep-sea octopus is "rarely seen," per the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, which has only seen it four times in four decades Researchers collected detailed observations about the octopus ...

Octopus arms are one of the most flexible structures known in all of the biological world. Their agility is so extraordinary that robotics researchers want to learn the secrets behind their movements, ...

A seldom-spotted deep-sea octopus was seen off of the coast of California in November, marking just the fourth sighting in as many decades. The evasive creature, called the seven-arm octopus, was ...