A diver, who has posted daily video updates to his social media about his attempts to befriend an octopus, was in shock to ...

In the past few years, people have become more and more interested in marine life– and it’s easy to see why. The ocean is full of amazing creatures we rarely get to see, and one of the most ...

A diver in Cyprus was amazed after an octopus he regularly swims with seemed to play a game of hide and seek with him.Matthew ...

For scientist Dominic Sivitilli, a Ph.D. candidate in astrobiology and psychology at the University of Washington, the answer is under the sea. “The octopuses’ long, separate evolution toward ...

A hospital hand-crochet octopuses with tentacles to resemble umbilical cords - to help babies in NICU feel safe. The ...

Even when an octopus can’t see light with its eyes, its arms seem to know it is there. By Richard Sima Though it is well-known for its many arms, the octopus does not seem to know where those eight ...

For Ghost, a 45-pound octopus believed to be between 2 and 4 years old (the average lifespan for her species), it means ...

Paul the 'psychic' octopus has retired from 'predicting' the outcome of football matches. The mollusc successfully 'foresaw' the winners of eight games at this year's FIFA World Cup in South Africa by ...

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome. That's a big deal given that scientists didn't know until now if these oddball ...