Octopuses are remarkably intelligent creatures, as was demonstrated by Inky the Octopus's famous escape from the National ...

Octopuses are remarkably intelligent creatures, as was demonstrated by Inky the Octopus’s famous escape from the National ...

It is barely lunchtime, but Alan Steer, 56, and his crew have already pulled in close to two tons of octopus off the coast of ...

The newly described creature was discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface ...

Off the rocky coast of Jervis Bay, Australia, an octopus scoops a fistful of silt into its arms, angles its siphon, and ...

Octopuses have often been thought to prowl the seafloor solo using camouflage. But a new study suggests that some have surprisingly rich social lives. A new study found that some members of an octopus ...

Nature is made up of some amazing and intriguing creatures. Perhaps one of the most intriguing is the octopus. Some even believe they could be aliens. One mystery that has long evaded scientists is ...

Researchers discovered the octopus 1.8km below the shores of the Galápagos Islands in 2015, but are still figuring out ...

Atlantis is almost certainly a mythical land that never truly existed. But the same cannot be said for Octlantis. This underwater ‘city’, originally discovered back in 2009, lies off the coast of ...

Amazon Prime Video's "Octopus!" is a two-part documentary special narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, premiering May 8 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

As the Detroit Red Wings begin a new era tonight at a new arena, an animal rights group is hoping fans will leave on tradition in the past — the throwing of octopuses on the ice during key games.

A new study found that some members of an octopus species hunt cooperatively in groups with fish. Video shows octopuses punching their companion fish to keep them on task and contributing to the hunt.