This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses ...

Among the ocean's most dangerous creatures, size isn't everything; in fact, some of the smallest marine animals are among the ...

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This octopus behavior might look funny at first glance, but it reveals how evolution solves ...

Unlike most of its invertebrate peers, octopuses gave up protective shells... But it seems that the sacrifice was totally ...

Even among octopuses, the double-spot octopus is especially shy—so much so that it can vanish into the sand almost instantly ...

A two-month-old octopus tries to unscrew the lid of a jar to get hold of its content, a crab, at Denmark's Aquarium in Copenhagen in 2004. Credit - Jorgen Jessen—AFP/Getty Images As predictable as the ...

The color-changing, jet-propelling giant Pacific Octopus is a brainy beauty that can disappear in the blink of an eye." ...

The nutritional biology of common octopus paralarvae is a rapidly advancing field that integrates physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology. Paralarvae, representing the early, planktonic stage ...