In a groundbreaking discovery, octopuses have demonstrated an ability previously thought exclusive to vertebrates: using ...

Someone's thrash is another one's treasure - this old saying has an entirely different meaning for an octopus.

Most of us think of the brain as a single command center that controls everything the body does. Octopuses work differently.

"Our findings are the first to demonstrate that invertebrates can use mirrors to understand their environment to find prey." ...

Recent footage captured by a diver in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, shows an octopus apparently vanishing into the sea floor.

Octopuses can understand mirror images. A research team at the University of Fribourg has taught three octopuses to use a mirror to accurately locate and target food outside their field of vision.

Octopuses and squids carry the largest nervous systems of any invertebrate, and roughly two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons ...

Octopuses have often been thought to prowl the seafloor solo using camouflage. But a new study suggests that some have surprisingly rich social lives. A new study found that some members of an octopus ...

Nature is made up of some amazing and intriguing creatures. Perhaps one of the most intriguing is the octopus. Some even believe they could be aliens. One mystery that has long evaded scientists is ...

If you’re lucky enough to see a shallow-water octopus bedding down in a craggy nook off the coast of Okinawa Island — and you have the patience to wait about an hour after it falls asleep — you might ...

Over 6,000 octopuses have been found huddling around an extinct volcano deep in the Pacific Ocean near California, and researchers now think they... Here's why 6,000 octopuses like to be under the sea ...

Almost 25,000 kites took over the Danish skies during the Fano International Kite Festival in Denmark. The festival is held ...