With skin that can mimic colors, patterns, and textures, octopuses are the ultimate shapeshifters. They can camouflage ...

Scientists found four new octopus species, unveiling new insights into deep-sea biodiversity and emphasizing the need for international collaboration in marine conservation. On Tuesday (January 16 ...

For the first time ever, marine biologists have measured how much energy octopuses really need to change color — and it's a ...

The coconut octopus, or Amphioctopus marginatus ... and isn’t the only human-like behavior of this species. It has also been seen walking on two or four tentacles, using its remaining tentacles ...

Octopus camouflage consumes surprising levels of oxygen A recent ... Sonner also noted that rapid color change has evolved ...

The more scientists study octopuses, the more we learn how fascinating these creatures really are. Octopuses are incredibly ...

It includes anywhere that is more than 7,000 metres below the surface. It's possible different species of Dumbo octopus could occupy different depth ranges. 'Light can only penetrate to 1,000 metres,' ...

This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In most octopus species it’s customary after sex for the female to make a meal—of her partner. To avoid being eaten ...

The video shows the octopus using its tentacles to hang on, while its mantle — the sac above its head — is rippled by the ...

This female—from a species yet to be scientifically described—is tending her eggs. Soon after they hatch, she will die: In most octopus species, females reproduce just once in their lives.

They generally eat small crustaceans, such as crabs and shrimp, and can live for about two years. The blue-ringed octopus is not, in fact, one single species. There are two species that are known as ...

A California Two Spot Octopus and four hatchlings are joining the more than 3,400 animals and 500 species featured at the zoo ...