The coconut octopus in this video from furbabiesplus looks like a walking squirt gun. A curious Husky trying to take a closer ...

Camouflage using chromatophores is particularly ... aiding in patterns that disrupts the cuttlefish and octopus body outline (Hanlon & Messenger, 1988). Since the leucophores reflect filtered ...

The octopus is one of the ocean’s most fascinating animals. As a species, it possesses almost humanlike intelligence and ...

Although no other octopus is known to look after their eggs for such a long time, virtually all share the same fate: inevitable death. Since male octopuses don’t survive for long after sex, the sea is ...

This is the terrifying moment an aggressive octopus latches onto a snorkeller and nearly strangles him after its home was ...

Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world’s oddest couples. What’s so startling is the size difference: Males are about the size of a walnut—less than an inch long—but some ...

An octopus' skin contains pigments and reflectors ... Hanlon's findings could one day be used to create camouflage clothing or mutable cosmetics that become darker under dim lighting or brighter ...

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species. The size record is held by a specimen that was 30 feet across and weighed more than 600 pounds. Averages are ...