An curved arrow pointing right. With their eight arms and giant egg-shaped head, octopuses are one of the most alien-looking creatures on the planet. We read Katherine Courage's book "Octopus!" ...

Octopuses have a large nervous system, with the average octopus having about 500 million neurons or brain cells. That puts it in the same “brain range” as smaller mammals such as dogs. Unlike ...

Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world’s oddest couples. What’s so startling is the size difference: Males are about the size of a walnut—less than an inch long—but some ...

The dozen or so species that make up Grimpoteuthis are called Dumbo octopuses because of the two large fins—one on either side of the mantle—that protrude like ears. Add in the octopus’s ...

Let us dive into the 140 octopi on record and see where the tentacles lead us. Some octopus facts: Rob Moore and Torrence Small scored the first two octopi, on the same day in 1994. Moore and ...

Octopus mothers slam themselves against rocks and eat their own arms before their eggs hatch. Scientists have discovered what ...

Octopuses have blue blood, three hearts and a doughnut-shaped brain. But these aren’t even the most unusual things about them! Known for their otherworldly look and remarkable intelligence, octopuses ...

That isn’t the case with the eight-armed octopus. You may already know that the cephalopods can change colors and squeeze through tight spaces, but how do they expel waste? Surprisingly ...

The Philadelphia Eagles’ return to the Super Bowl in 2025 has bettors everywhere talking about an octopus. No, this is not a real octopus. It’s a not a nickname for a player (or at least not a ...

The supplier’s customer base grew to 7.3 million across the UK in its most recent financial year, making it the country’s ...