Octopus news, features and articles

Despite understanding the mechanics of octopus camouflage, no one really understands the thoughts they use to blend in with their environment.

No one knows why these octopuses were on dry land.

The bustling octopus community of "Octlantis" belies conventionally held notions of the cephalopods, once thought to be solitary and asocial.

Octopuses have many neurons, appear to play, and may have individual personalities, but does this mean they're smart?

Two species of highly similar deep-sea octopus are hard to tell apart — unless you look closely at their "warts."

A striking photo of an octopus won diver Gabriel Barathieu the title of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2017.

A wild octopus surprised an Australian diver this week by suddenly, and quite dramatically, inflating itself with water, ballooning up like a parachute.

In the dark of night, an enterprising octopus named Inky snuck out of his tank at the National Aquarium of New Zealand and made an eight-armed dash for freedom.