Along with being brilliant problem solvers, it turns out octopuses are also excellent underwater brawlers. Even when they’re only babies. Now, a team of scientists says it’s documented another octopus ...

These socktopuses throw a mean — and random — octopunch. A new paper published Friday in the journal Ecology has found that octopuses punch fish — sometimes to ensure collaborative hunting, and ...

Scientists have recently documented a behavior that looks almost comedic at first glance: an octopus suddenly reaching out and striking a nearby fish. Divers have filmed these moments in detail, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watch: Why some angry octopuses punch fish As if octopuses weren’t strange enough already, new research has shown that they “punch ...

The solitary cephalopods occasionally join a hunting party with fish, then lash out for reasons that scientists are studying. By Elizabeth Preston The first time Eduardo Sampaio saw an octopus wind up ...

Octopuses are known for being cryptic, solitary creatures. And, perhaps this might explain a behavior that scientists recently documented in a new study: that octopuses punch fish. And sometimes, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. dark octopus punching white striped grouper fish It turns out solitary octopuses actually like to partake in multi-species hunting ...

What have eight legs, hunt among a group of fish and can throw a mean sucker punch? According to research published in Ecology last week, the answer would be octopuses (yes, octopuses, not octopi—we ...

Octopuses are fascinating creatures. They’re amazingly intelligent and, according to new video footage captured by scientists this year, they’re also kind of jerks. In a series of tweets about the ...