"Octopuses are smart, highly exploratory, very strong and their body is completely compressible because they have no fixed ...

If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...

I don't think he was unhappy with us, or lonely, as octopus are solitary creatures. But he is such a curious boy." ...

Yes, female octopuses throw things at pushy males-but it's not just them.

The staff and I have been pretty sad. But then, this is Inky, and he’s always been a bit of a surprise octopus.” ...

A fossil once believed to show the world’s oldest imprint of an octopus – some 300 million years old – is actually another ...

You’ve probably seen it by now — that Instagram video posted in April 2026 of an octopus hurling rocks at another octopus, ...

Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a nautilus relative.

A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth ...

Scientists uncover the truth behind a well-known fossil, Pohlsepia mazonensis, showing the "world's oldest octopus" was not ...

More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world’s oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn’t one at ...