An octopus doesn’t get a second chance when a shark or dolphin is nearby. With no shell for protection, this soft-bodied ...

The octopus is a remarkable invertebrate characterized by an advanced neurological system featuring nine brains that ...

While delicious, octopus often has a rubbery texture. Happily, you can prevent octopus from becoming rubbery by using this ...

Footage shows man in desperate battle to remove mollusk from face.

The man spent several seconds trying to pry the sticky eight-legged creature off and at one point uses a club.

From a fishing trawler in the Adriatic, Italian scientists gently release thousands of tiny octopuses in the hope of fighting ...

This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses in all of the ocean. The blue-ringed octopus (genus Hapalochlaena) is small ...

Octopus arms have an axial nerve cord built in repeating segments, the first case of nervous system segmentation documented ...

Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) tentacles up close and personal. Octopus tentacles have rows of powerful suckers that can 'taste' the water and form water-tight seals underwater, allowing them to grasp ...