Researchers have captured the first three-dimensional measurements of a deep-sea octopus moving across rugged volcanic rock ...
The 2021 film "My Octopus Teacher" swept the world with its touching story of a South African man who befriends a wild octopus while free diving in a kelp forest. Millions of filmgoers were charmed ...
The diving gear is on, the cameras are ready—biologist Eduardo Sampaio and his colleagues are set to go. They dive in the Red Sea, scanning left and right underwater—and wonder: Where can an octopus ...
Octopuses do not need to see or smell their prey to identify it. Researchers have shown that the suckers lining each arm contain specialized receptor cells that detect chemicals on contact, giving the ...
Nine brains, blue blood, instant camouflage: It’s no surprise that octopuses capture our interest and our imaginations. Science-fiction creators, in particular, have been inspired by these tentacled ...
Two years ago, a PBS documentary video showed an octopus named Heidi in what appeared to be an active dream state. Her arms twitched as she slumbered, and her skin flipped wildly through all sorts of ...
Octopuses on MDMA have been shown to act like humans on the drug, prompting scientists to suggest an evolutionary link between the two species. Researchers studied the genome of a kind of octopus not ...