From the octopus that walks on land to another that grows its own ‘lifejacket’, discover these unusual species ...

The blanket octopus uses venomous man o’ war tentacles as weapons, doubling its reach and surviving in the open ocean.

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 ...

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, ...

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In case you didn’t know YouTube is amazing! This is especially true if you like weird, funny and amazing animal videos. Case and point: A 17-minute video of an octopus navigating an underwater ...

Every once in a while, beachcombing offers a chance to help a remarkable animal get a second shot beneath the waves, Jace Tunnell writes.

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, ...