The five-week voting bracket culminated in two names: one that reflects the giant pacific octopus' adorable appearance, the other that reflects her cheeky personality.

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One morning, biologist Leah Bushin checked on a flask of bacteria and noticed something unusual: the liquid had turned a deep maroon. The microbes had produced xanthommatin, a natural pigment that, ...

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

In case you didn’t know YouTube is amazing! This is especially true if you like weird, funny and amazing animal videos. Case and point: A 17-minute video of an octopus navigating an underwater ...

Octopuses and their arms are a bit of a mystery. Not because scientists don’t know how they work; they’re boneless hydrostats, made up of... Untangling The Science of Octopus Arms Octopuses and their ...

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