More than just aquarium must-sees, octopuses are known for being highly intelligent creatures and, at times, even friends to humans. These connections are the subjects of the popular 2020 documentary ...

A Rock Hill man has been arrested after authorities say he drunkenly called 911 twice to ask irrelevant questions, including one about octopus anatomy. John D. Barron, 69, was charged Thursday with ...

Look at this little guy! Look at its chubby little face and its stubby little tentacles and its big wide eyes! If you know your octopodes, you might have recognised its little ear-flaps and body shape ...

I think Inky should be praised for simply leaving the laboratory. Other octopi might have disassembled the entire lab. Because if there’s one thing octopi are better at than escaping, it’s causing ...

The eldritch, alien movements of octopus arms have captivated people for generations. These underwater cephalopods don't have just one brain but nine, with each of their arms able to act ...

Love has been in the air at the Seattle Aquarium since Thursday, when aquarium staff removed the barrier between giant Pacific octopuses Delores and Tank to see if Delores would allow Tank to be her ...

Nature's wrath will strike without warning. Sometimes, it will literally slap you in the face. In a video captured by kayakers near Kaikoura, New Zealand, a hungry seal tussles with an octopus, trying ...

An as-yet undescribed species of octopus is just so gosh-darn cute that it may be named for its charms. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the wonders ...