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

A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) swims off Croatia in the Mediterranean Sea. (Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images) We named him Squirt — not because he was the smallest of the 16 ...

The nutritional biology of common octopus paralarvae is a rapidly advancing field that integrates physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology. Paralarvae, representing the early, planktonic stage ...

Octopuses are fascinating animals – and serve as important model organisms in neuroscience, cognition research and developmental biology. To gain a deeper understanding of their biology and ...

Octopuses are fascinating animals—and serve as important model organisms in neuroscience, cognition research and developmental biology. To gain a deeper understanding of their biology and evolutionary ...

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

That's how Brent Meister, a marine biologist and aquarist at the Marine Discovery Center in New Smyrna Beach, described a local man's encounter with a fully grown octopus in Mosquito Lagoon last week.

Videos filmed by divers show that choking, blinding and sacrificing limbs are all in the cephalopods’ repertoire. By Joshua Rapp Learn The conger eel was the favorite, weighing at least three times ...

Heather Leon has made the same walk through Cherry Grove Point in North Myrtle Beach dozens of times, but her visit last week came with an unusual surprise. “I was taking a walk with my mom when ...