Scientists who study cephalopods and animal welfare are contributing to the idea of alien intelligence and what it means to ...

Critics offer many arguments against raising octopuses for food, including possible releases of waste, antibiotics or ...

While Nayler's story is wholly fictional, it is not without basis in a very real school of zoological thought, one which ...

With brains that process information almost like a computer, the sea creatures already use tools and can be social. But they need to make a few changes before they can take over the world.

An associate professor of our department participated in a number of international research expeditions. His scientific collections included several specimens of an octopus species that was previously ...

A diver was determined to save a small coconut octopus taking shelter in a plastic cup as a replacement for natural ...

In the mysterious depths of the ocean, octopuses are breaking their solitary habits to join forces with fish for hunting ...

News that the world's first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality has been met with dismay by scientists and conservationists. They argue such intelligent "sentient" creatures ...

While camouflaged on the ocean floor off the coast of Israel in the Red Sea, octopods use their arms to grab unsuspecting prey 5 Record-Breaking Bird Migrations (02:56) Pesto the Enormous, Viral ...

ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean InstituteAn octopus documented during Dive 674, an exploration transect on the southeastern flank of an unexplored and unnamed seamount located within the national ...