A mother octopus broods her eggs near a small outcrop of rock unofficially called El Dorado Hill. When a female octopus broods (which can be a timespan of multiple years), she does not eat and dies ...

Equally mysterious and beautiful, octopuses are captivating creatures. There are over 300 octopus species, and they thrive in ...

This newly discovered species of octopus is a deep-sea shapeshifter with large eyes and blood-red tentacles. Sounds terrifying? Don’t fret: these strange little guys are smaller than a golf ball.

Scientists have discovered at least four new species of octopus in the deep waters of a 100-square-mile area near Costa Rica, officials from the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday. An ...

Scientists say they have discovered what might be a new species of octopus while searching the Pacific Ocean floor near the Hawaiian Islands. On Feb. 27, a team found a small light-colored octopus at ...

An Octopus cyanea hunts with a blacktip grouper on one side and a blue goatfish on the other. Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that ...

These eight-legged spineless creatures, one of the most fascinating to inhabit our planet, have been seen in record numbers ...

An octopus hatchling emerges from a group of eggs at a new octopus nursery, first discovered by the same team in June, at Tengosed Seamount, off Costa Rica. automation Scientists have discovered at ...