A University of Vienna study suggests the way octopus DNA is folded inside cells may have helped these animals evolve their ...

Check out the spookiest octopus you’ve ever seen that looks like an underwater ghost and discover more about these amazing ...

They change shape and color, and squirt ink. But they also will return your gaze, "as if they're scrutinizing you." ...

Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish, collectively known as coleoid cephalopods, have evolved exceptionally large and elaborately ...

A University of Vienna study finds that an ancient burst of genome reorganization created 3D DNA interactions, or regulatory ...

Mesmerising footage by Nicole Pampanin brings together a series of remarkable close encounters with octopuses beneath the ...

Checking the rearview mirror when parallel parking is a natural action for us humans, isn't it?However, it was thought that only chimpanzees or elephants, which are close to humans, were capable of th ...

A dive expedition across South Australia reveals one of the strangest collections of marine life anywhere in the world. At ...

For an octopus, almost any arm will do. New research published Thursday shows that octopuses have the ability to use any of their eight limbs to perform tasks like reaching, tiptoeing or grasping.

The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has ...

The underwater cameras got it all: The octopuses emerged from a cluttered bed of empty shells, arms unfurling like ribbons. Then, suddenly, a cloud of debris came spewing out from underneath their ...

A female octopus throws debris that hits a male attempting to mate with her. The material thrown is silt, vigor is high, and thrower’s coloration pattern is dark uniform. Credit: Godfrey-Smith et al., ...