With ear-like fins that flap gracefully through the water, this Dumbo octopus looks like it waltzed straight out of an ...

Octopuses have a few characteristics that make them stand out as one of the most intelligent mollusks in the ocean. These ...

Octopus steals my watch – watch the sneaky moment unfold!

On a mild February morning, Isaac Blanco quickly places half a sardine into each cage as his brother, Julio, steers their ...

There was much to celebrate: The 18-person team had just discovered the fourth known deep-sea octopus nursery in the world—as well as possibly a new species. The other three nurseries exist off ...

When a whale carcass became snagged on a reef off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu in January 2019, “shark influencer ...

Blanket octopuses are pelagic animals, meaning they live in the open ocean. ... The post Move Over Mermaids—This Iridescent Octopus Is the Ocean’s True Beauty appeared first on A-Z Animals.

Researchers reported on Tuesday in the journal Cell that octopus arms are fine-tuned to “eavesdrop into the microbial world,” ...

A submersible in the Pacific Ocean found a deep-sea creature with “long,” sucker-covered arms and discovered a new species, a study said. Screenshot from video shared via Tang, Zheng and Zhang ...

One of the most astonishing abilities of octopuses is their power to regenerate lost limbs. If an octopus loses an arm due to ...

Scientists using ROV found octopus with long arms, large eyes on ocean floor and discovered new species: Feitian’s Dumbo octopus, study said & photos show.

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