When octopuses move across the seafloor, they can use multiple arms to camouflage from predators. These strong arms are also ...

Scientists have discovered that octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they more often use their front arms for tasks ...

News of the approaching demise of Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, prompted an ...

Octopuses are ambidextrous, a new study finds, but they favor their front arms for investigating surroundings and their back arms for locomotion.

Octopuses are among the most neurologically complex invertebrates, famed for their extraordinary dexterity. Their eight arms ...

The Carnarvon Flapjack Octopus is a small, soft-bodied deep-sea species that reaches about 4 centimeters across. A new species of flapjack octopus, distinguished by its giant eyes and striking ...

The mimic octopus is one of the best disguisers in the ocean, and can blend into any background! Read here to learn more about this octopus!

Visitors to the Aquarium of the Pacific are bidding a heartfelt farewell to one of its most beloved residents — ...

Discover amazing octopus facts from tool use to camouflage that reveal why they are among the smartest creatures in the ocean ...

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 ...

It may have looked like the octopus was going in for a "hug" but something much more fascinating was taking place.