An avid beachcomber in Texas had an encounter earlier this week with a common octopus — a sight that she says isn't quite so ...

Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what’s behind the rare ‘bloom’?

An Octopus cyanea hunts with a blacktip grouper on one side and a blue goatfish on the other. Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that ...

When a blanket octopus swims, it creates a kaleidoscope of colors twirling underwater. It’s a rainbow of beauty as it glides through the sea. It’s gorgeous, and it’s almost never seen by humans in ...

In July 2020, a video supposedly showing an octopus moving quickly across a sandy beach went viral on social media: This was not a genuine video of an octopus. It was actually a digital animation ...

How does an animal with no bones (like an octopus) move? Animals without bones are known as invertebrates. The vast majority of animals are invertebrates. Invertebrates typically have fluid-filled ...