Octopuses have a way of making familiar rules feel optional. They live on Earth but behave like visitors with a different instruction manual. Scientists study them for answers about intelligence and ...

The year 2000 was, in so many ways, momentous. It was a new millennium, which always come with a doomsday prophecy or two; we ...

Did you know octopuses are highly intelligent animals with the ability to problem-solve complex puzzles – and even change color? They have three hearts and blue blood, helping them survive in deep ...

For an octopus, exploring the ocean floor with eight highly sensitive arms is a constant game of roulette. These limbs are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These five research-backed insights show why the octopus ...

To test their ideas, scientists observed California two-spot octopuses in tanks. They placed males and females on opposite ...

The blue-ringed octopus is one of the smallest and most dangerous sea creatures in the world. Measuring only slightly more than a golf ball, this crea.

Octopuses break so many biological expectations that scientists still struggle to explain how they ended up this way through normal evolution. From how their brains work to how their bodies heal, ...