The octopus is one of the coolest animals in the sea. For starters, they are invertebrates. That means they don’t have backbones like humans, lions, turtles, and birds. That may sound unusual, but ...

The elusive 'vampire squid from hell' has just yielded the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced, a monster clocking in at ...

Octopuses are amazing. In honor of World Oceans Day, here are eight facts about these incredible creatures. 8. Octopuses are masters of camouflage. However, research suggests that octopuses don't try ...

With their eight arms and giant egg-shaped head, octopuses are one of the most alien-looking creatures on the planet. Yet scientists have an extremely difficult time studying them in the wild because ...

Stephanie Bush, the scientist studying the species at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, confirmed that the animal in the video was indeed the “adorabilis” species she’s researching. “It is ...

Octopuses “think” with neurons so distributed throughout their bodies that sometimes the left hand literally doesn’t know what the…left hand is doing. ByAJ Fillo Friday, June 28, 2019 NOVA NextNOVA ...

An Octopus cyanea hunts with a blacktip grouper on one side and a blue goatfish on the other. Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that ...

Every June 8, folks celebrate the big blue, and to join in on the fun here are some mind-blowing facts about one of the smartest cephalopods in the sea: the octopus! With their eight arms and giant ...