Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel features a giant Pacific octopus who narrates his observations of human grief in this year's ...

This week, legendary actor Sally Field joins us to talk about working with an octopus, or not, and introduces the world to ...

Plans for the world's first octopus farm have been abandoned. As the controversial project folds, several nations and US states are banning octopus farming before it even begins.

The octopus is a biological oddity. It can use tools, open jars, and its complex nervous system supports as many neurons as a ...

The coconut octopus carries its home across the seafloor in one of the strangest ways imaginable, leaving itself completely ...

In one of his latest videos, he captured a mesmerizing Day Octopus that has viewers convinced it looks more like an alien ...

Now, scientists have discovered that the California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) can also learn to use mirrors, researchers report June 3 in Current Biology. When brainstorming octopus ...

Dogs are usually the ones making unexpected friends, but this time the invitation came from beneath the waves. When a curious ...

Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) tentacles up close and personal. Octopus tentacles have rows of powerful suckers that can 'taste' the water and form water-tight seals underwater, allowing them to grasp ...

Argonaut (Argonauta argo) must go through to send baby argonauts out into the world. This octopus species lives in open water ...