Feb. 4 (UPI) --Wildlife officials in South Carolina shared video of an octopus that made a rare visit to the state's shoreline. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said in a Facebook ...

At first glance, this small octopus appears harmless, even endearing. Beneath that appearance lies a biological defense ...

Among the smartest animals on Earth, octopuses are unique for being utterly weird in their evolutionary path to developing those smarts. Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith has called the octopus the ...

A so-described “ghostly” cephalopod put its deep-sea acrobatics on full display this week after it was captured by researchers in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in what the team says is a ...

The algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus), also called the prickly octopus, lives in the Indo-West Pacific. Despite its modest size — its mantle (main body) is only 3 inches long with arms stretching up ...

Paul Rudd (left) and a shot of a mimic octopus featured in National Geographic's Secrets of the Octopus (right) Actor Paul Rudd knows what it takes to transform into another person for a role, and ...

As the Newport Aquarium celebrates its 25th year, a new exhibit is set to open this week!"Ring of Fire: World of the Octopus" will "feature seven different displays focused on the bizarre and ...