"Octopuses are smart, highly exploratory, very strong and their body is completely compressible because they have no fixed ...

I don't think he was unhappy with us, or lonely, as octopus are solitary creatures. But he is such a curious boy." ...

Yes, female octopuses throw things at pushy males-but it's not just them.

A fossil once believed to show the world’s oldest imprint of an octopus – some 300 million years old – is actually another ...

If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...

The staff and I have been pretty sad. But then, this is Inky, and he’s always been a bit of a surprise octopus.” ...

You’ve probably seen it by now — that Instagram video posted in April 2026 of an octopus hurling rocks at another octopus, ...

More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world’s oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn’t one at ...

A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth ...

The hectocotylus is both a reproductive organ and a sensory organ, a rare combination in animals, new research suggests ...

Scientists uncover the truth behind a well-known fossil, Pohlsepia mazonensis, showing the "world's oldest octopus" was not ...

How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.