Octopuses have a way of making familiar rules feel optional. They live on Earth but behave like visitors with a different instruction manual. Scientists study them for answers about intelligence and ...

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 ...

World’s Oldest Octopus: Octopuses are among the most intelligent and mysterious creatures in the ocean. Known for their ...

Did you know octopuses are highly intelligent animals with the ability to problem-solve complex puzzles – and even change color? They have three hearts and blue blood, helping them survive in deep ...

In a recent news report from ABC, it was revealed that scientists from the Ocean Exploration Trust captured on film one of ...

Octopuses are extraordinary creatures, and their blue blood is just one of the many unusual aspects of their biology. That means there's a huge part of the ocean, over 95% that are yet to be explored.

Karma, a giant Pacific Octopus at New England Aquarium. Source: Tia Strombeck, used with permission. Octopuses are amazing animals. They're extremely intelligent and highly emotional, sentient, ...

Octopuses break so many biological expectations that scientists still struggle to explain how they ended up this way through normal evolution. From how their brains work to how their bodies heal, ...