Between £6.7 million and £9.4 million worth of common octopus was landed on the south coast of the UK from January to August ...

This octopus behavior might look funny at first glance, but it reveals how evolution solves complex problems in unexpected ways.

The octopus is one of the world’s most amazing creatures, and nothing puts that into perspective more than the physiological differences between these fantastic sea-dwelling mollusks and the creatures ...

The giant Pacific octopus is currently the size of an orange. That’s more than seven times the size she was when a resident ...

Off the south-west coast of the UK, a creature usually glimpsed only by divers and night-fishing crews suddenly became impossible to ignore. Through 2025, common octopus numbers surged so dramatically ...

When people think of intelligent animals, they immediately think of dolphins, elephants, and chimpanzees. But one of the most intelligent problem-solv.

Octopus mating behaviors can be quite deadly. Many species are cannibalistic, making the entire prospect of mating dangerous, and female octopuses often die after laying one clutch of eggs. Their ...

For the first time, engineers have digitally recreated the complex muscular architecture of the octopus arm and its unique movements, which opens the door to developing soft robotics with ...

Washington — Humans may be right-handed or left-handed. It turns out octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they do tend to perform some tasks more often with their front arms, new research shows.

Image by LauMarghe The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Italy CC BY 3.0 Image by LauMarghe The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Italy CC BY 3.0 Using mechanisms inspired by ...

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