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

The octopus is one of the coolest animals in the sea. For starters, they are invertebrates. That means they don’t have backbones like humans, lions, turtles, and birds. That may sound unusual, but ...

Octopuses have a way of making familiar rules feel optional. They live on Earth but behave like visitors with a different instruction manual. Scientists study them for answers about intelligence and ...

According to most science fiction and fantasy depictions, alien life is similar to what we know on Earth. But it’s likely that aliens, if they exist, are actually very different from us. Scientists ...

Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish ...

Equally mysterious and beautiful, octopuses are captivating creatures. There are over 300 octopus species, and they thrive in every ocean habitat. Their soft bodies can rapidly change shape, allowing ...

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It’s not every day that scientists discover a new species of octopus, but that is exactly what has happened off the coast of western Australia. During a CSIRO research expedition to the Carnarvon ...