These five research-backed insights show why the octopus remains one of the most extraordinary minds in the animal kingdom.

The ocean offers a strong essence of beauty and mystery. With such diverse ecosystems, animals have evolved different adaptations to survive. The octopus, or he’e in Hawaiian, is one of those ...

Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Octopuses have eight flexible arms, each equipped with hundreds of suckers that can taste, smell, feel, and react on their own. While that sounds like science fiction, it’s exactly how ...

The task required hundreds of hours of problem-solving and patience. Musician Mattias Krantz said it was worth it.

The existence of animals is crucial to our planet. They play a significant role in maintaining ecosystems, contributing to biodiversity, and maintaining ecological balance. There is no doubt that ...

A Swedish musician spent six months working to accomplish the "worst" and "coolest" thing he has ever done: teaching an ...

Writhing octopus, prawns and other seafood have been plated at Los Angeles restaurants for many years. The Japanese and Korean dishes are openly advertised, reviewed by food critics and patrons, and ...

A major seafood company wants to farm octopuses for their meat. Activists and academics say it’s impractical and cruel.

A recently proposed aquaculture octopus farm in the Canary Islands would raise 3,000 tonnes of an octopus a year, which means almost 275,000 individual octopuses will be killed annually. My research ...

Writhing octopus, prawns and other seafood have been plated at Los Angeles restaurants for many years. The Japanese and Korean dishes are openly advertised, reviewed by food critics and patrons, and ...