Octopuses are masters of camouflage and disguise. An alarmed octopus can vanish even while you watch, flawlessly transforming ...

University of Oxford professor Tim Coulson told London-based business publication The European that the octopus is one of the ...

Scientists found four new octopus species, unveiling new insights into deep-sea biodiversity and emphasizing the need for international collaboration in marine conservation. On Tuesday (January 16 ...

The findings are the first to quantify how much work goes into switching on chromatophores, the specialized color-changing ...

The coconut octopus, or Amphioctopus marginatus ... and isn’t the only human-like behavior of this species. It has also been seen walking on two or four tentacles, using its remaining tentacles ...

It includes anywhere that is more than 7,000 metres below the surface. It's possible different species of Dumbo octopus could occupy different depth ranges. 'Light can only penetrate to 1,000 metres,' ...

They generally eat small crustaceans, such as crabs and shrimp, and can live for about two years. The blue-ringed octopus is not, in fact, one single species. There are two species that are known as ...

A California Two Spot Octopus and four hatchlings are joining the more than 3,400 animals and 500 species featured at the zoo ...

The marine invertebrates are said to possess the "physical and mental attributes necessary" to evolve into the next ...

The pair collected hundreds of creatures living in the intertidal zone, including forty species new to science. The “Steinbeck-Ricketts Octopus,” aka “Berry,” now correctly identified ...

My Octopus Teacher? Well, scientists are suggesting that 'my octopus empire' may be more fitting, come the apocalypse.