When it’s fully grown, this Caribbean pygmy octopus will be just the size of a silver dollar. As a hatchling, it’s dwarfed by a penny. The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, ...

Learn more about the genetics of the vampire squid — a strange species whose genome suggests that modern octopuses, squids, ...

The Giant Pacific Octopus, an ocean giant, faces numerous threats like overfishing and pollution. Despite their size and intelligence, these stealthy predators need protection for future generations.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The male blanket octopus faces a significant gender imbalance - he is just two centimetres long, while the female of the species can ...

An octopus with a porcelain plate stuck to its suckers has led to the discovery of a hoard of ancient pottery, South Korean scientists say. A fisherman caught the octopus off South Korea's west coast ...

Underwater love: A grey male octopus (right) mates with a female Jealous murders, gender suberfuge and once-in-a-lifetime sex: it seems the lives of octopuses are far more dramatic than anyone thought ...