The Dumbo octopus is known as the cutest octopus in the world because of its pudgy shape and fins that look like gigantic ...

Did you know octopuses are highly intelligent animals with the ability to problem-solve complex puzzles – and even change color? They have three hearts and blue blood, helping them survive in deep ...

Octopuses are among the most fascinating and intelligent creatures of the ocean. Known for their incredible problem-solving skills, shape-shifting abilities, and remarkable intelligence, these ...

Octopuses have a way of making familiar rules feel optional. They live on Earth but behave like visitors with a different instruction manual. Scientists study them for answers about intelligence and ...

Source: Princeton University Press/ Used with permission. Octopuses and other cephalopods are amazing, strange, sentient beings. They have very active social lives and brains—some say octopuses have ...

World’s Oldest Octopus: Octopuses are among the most intelligent and mysterious creatures in the ocean. Known for their ability to camouflage, solve puzzles, and escape tight spaces, these soft-bodied ...

Octopuses can use any of their arms to perform tasks, but tend to use a particular arm, or arms, for specific tasks. This finding, presented in a paper in Scientific Reports, reveals more about the ...

The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has ...

In an excerpt from the new book Secrets of the Octopus, an animal lover offers insight into this “strange, beautiful, curious creature.” Heavy webbing between the arms of a female blanket octopus ...