When the scientists paired two male octopuses in the same setup, the males interacted by touching arms, but they never ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered that octopuses punch fish during cooperative hunts, possibly to punish freeloaders. The bizarre ...

Off the coast of Eilat in Israel, a big blue octopus propels itself forward, flailing its tentacles, with a troop of groupers fish following it. At some point during its hunting trip, the octopus ...

Sea otters are among the few marine mammals capable of hunting octopuses hidden within rocky reefs. These encounters often become intense underwater struggles as octopuses rely on camouflage, ...

More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics accumulate in coastal waters, they continuously leach bioactive additives ...

In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival—those that hunt and those that are hunted. But research is showing some animals form surprising partnerships, reshaping ...

Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish ...