What Glenn Johnson initially mistook for rubbish floating in knee-deep water at Lorne Beach on Tuesday turned out to be an ...

HONOLULU — Scientists say they have discovered what might be a new species of octopus while searching the Pacific Ocean floor near the Hawaiian Islands. On Feb. 27, a team found a small light-colored ...

New octopus-inspired artificial skin mimics marine camouflage, enabling materials to transform in color and texture for ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the roughly 300 known octopus species dwelling in the world's oceans, having eight arms is a defining characteristic. But that is not the way it started. Scientists said on ...

Feb. 4 (UPI) --Wildlife officials in South Carolina shared video of an octopus that made a rare visit to the state's shoreline. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said in a Facebook ...

Paul Rudd (left) and a shot of a mimic octopus featured in National Geographic's Secrets of the Octopus (right) Actor Paul Rudd knows what it takes to transform into another person for a role, and ...

Among the smartest animals on Earth, octopuses are unique for being utterly weird in their evolutionary path to developing those smarts. Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith has called the octopus the ...