Octopuses have a way of making familiar rules feel optional. They live on Earth but behave like visitors with a different instruction manual. Scientists study them for answers about intelligence and ...

Researchers at MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, have been exploring this hidden world for years. Using advanced technology and deep-sea robots, they’ve captured some of the most ...

Dive into the fascinating theory that octopuses might not be from Earth—are they really aliens?.

When the scientists paired two male octopuses in the same setup, the males interacted by touching arms, but they never ...

Octopuses, along with their cephalopod cousins squids and cuttlefish, are considered to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates out there. They have large brains and are able to quickly master a ...

Octopuses break so many biological expectations that scientists still struggle to explain how they ended up this way through normal evolution. From how their brains work to how their bodies heal, ...