Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition ...

Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the ...

While modern octopuses have DNA that consistently gets reshuffled, resulting in some chromosomal mixing, the researchers ...

A North Padre Island beachcomber stumbled across an octopus in the water on Dec. 7.

There’s no one clear measure for animal intelligence so some people disagree which ocean creatures are the cleverest. But, ...

Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone.

Mosasaurs, giant marine reptiles that existed more than 66 million years ago, lived not only in the sea but also in rivers. This is shown by new research based on analyses of a mosasaur tooth found in ...

The lagoon in the Bahamas has bioluminescence, octopus, the highest concentration of lined seahorses in the world.

The creature, also known as septopus, was found in fragments along the Ythan estuary near Forvie National Nature Reserve, ...