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

Cephalopods, like humans, have camera-like eyes that focus light with a lens. The two-spot octopus gets its name from the ocelli, or iridescent blue spots, which are false eyes to startle predators ...

Do octopuses dream? Watch a sleeping octopus that could very well be dreaming, in this video clip posted on YouTube on Monday to promote the TV show Octopus: Making Contact on PBS. While the octopus ...

For married couple Tonia and Bob Halaas, Octopus’ Beer Garden in Mt. Clemens is a labor of love — and in more ways than one. Nestled on the banks of the Clinton River, the restaurant and bar is a ...

The dozen or so species that make up Grimpoteuthis are called Dumbo octopuses because of the two large fins—one on either side of the mantle—that protrude like ears. Add in the octopus’s small size ...

Researchers have observed octopuses lobbing silt and shells at each other — and they say in some cases it might be deliberate. Anyone who was glued to the World Series will know how important throwing ...

Alaska Pacific University professor of marine biology David Scheel examines an octopus, cyanea, near Mo'orea, French Polynesia. (Sy Montgomery) Octopuses are mysterious sea creatures to many people, ...

For the first time, octopuses have been spotted throwing things — at each other 1. Octopuses are known for their solitary nature, but in Jervis Bay, Australia, the gloomy octopus (Octopus tetricus) ...

When an octopus coils one of its flexible arms around a rock or a bit of food, it's not because the animal's brain said, "Pick that up." Rather, the arm decides for itself what it's going to do next.