With their quick-change camouflage and high level of intelligence, it’s not surprising that the public and scientific experts alike are fascinated by octopuses. Their abilities to recognize faces, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The photo offers a rare glimpse into the early life of the species: The black dots inside each egg are the developing eyes of the embryos, ...

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

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

A common New Zealand octopus named Inky made headlines around the world in 2016 when he slipped out of his tank at the National Aquarium of New Zealand during the night, crossed the aquarium floor and ...

A very strange marine life encounter caught on video left scientists baffled when it was first spotted in New Zealand waters in 2023. More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low-budget ...