Scientists found four new octopus species, unveiling new insights into deep-sea biodiversity and emphasizing the need for international collaboration in marine conservation. On Tuesday (January 16 ...

Imagine a future where humanity has vanished. No more towering cities, no more bustling streets—just a planet reclaiming ...

“Due to the involvement of the nervous and muscular systems, it is likely that cephalopod color change is one of the most ...

We could learn a lot from the octopus, says columnist Melissa Todd, who believes the clever, curious and creative creature ...

The coconut octopus, or Amphioctopus marginatus ... and isn’t the only human-like behavior of this species. It has also been seen walking on two or four tentacles, using its remaining tentacles ...

This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In most octopus species it’s customary after sex for the female to make a meal—of her partner. To avoid being eaten ...

It includes anywhere that is more than 7,000 metres below the surface. It's possible different species of Dumbo octopus could occupy different depth ranges. 'Light can only penetrate to 1,000 metres,' ...

This female—from a species yet to be scientifically described—is tending her eggs. Soon after they hatch, she will die: In most octopus species, females reproduce just once in their lives.

Jon says “the appearance of the hectocotylus varies between species. Some look like a syringe, others more like a spoon and one – belonging to the North Atlantic octopus, Bathypolypus arcticus – even ...

Some take a while to warm up to our staff, others form an immediate bond.” The most common species of octopus in Hawaii and around Maui is the day octopus, or Octopus cyanea. There is one housed ...

We read Katherine Courage's book "Octopus!" and discovered that the octopus is even weirder than it looks. A special thanks to NOAA and professor of marine biology at the Alaska Pacific University ...