Hundreds of octopuses lay on top of their eggs in what is thought to be the largest octopus nursery ever discovered. Ocean Exploration Trust/NOAA Just one other octopus nursery of this kind of ...

Octopuses, found across the globe, are boneless invertebrates recognized for their intelligence. They exhibit remarkable ...

Octopuses are masters of camouflage and disguise. An alarmed octopus can vanish even while you watch, flawlessly transforming into what looks like a piece of coral-encrusted rock, or another ...

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Many living things twitch or make noises while they sleep, but octopuses actually flicker while they are resting.

CANADA (CNN) — A team of salmon farmers are feeling pretty proud after they were able to rescue a bald eagle from an octopus off the northwest tip of Canada’s Vancouver Island. The grou… ...

The octopus is the Houdini of the animal world, and also is the only invertebrate shown to use tools, once thought to be a human-defining trait.