Scientists use weights to keep their camera equipment in place on the seabed – but this ocean dweller was strong enough to ...

Octopuses are perhaps the most unusual creatures to have ever inhabited the ocean. Their soft body, eight arms, and high ...

The octopus is one of the coolest animals in the sea. For starters, they are invertebrates. That means they don’t have backbones like humans, lions, turtles, and birds. That may sound unusual, but ...

Meet the world's largest octopus, which can tip the scales at over 600 pounds. Hear about the amazing feats of these highly ...

Did you know octopuses are highly intelligent animals with the ability to problem-solve complex puzzles – and even change color? They have three hearts and blue blood, helping them survive in deep ...

When scientists dropped a video camera to the seafloor off Rotuma in the South Pacific Ocean, they filmed an octopus lashing out at a grouper.

Source: Princeton University Press/ Used with permission. Octopuses and other cephalopods are amazing, strange, sentient beings. They have very active social lives and brains—some say octopuses have ...

Kristin Andrews receives funding from SSHRC, Templeton World Charity Foundation, and York University. She is on the Board of Directors for Borneo Orangutan Society Canada. A recently proposed ...