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 ...

The ocean offers a strong essence of beauty and mystery. With such diverse ecosystems, animals have evolved different adaptations to survive. The octopus, or he’e in Hawaiian, is one of those ...

Exploring the deep ocean comes with the chance to encounter all kinds of weird and wonderful species. You could come face to ...

Off the coast of California is an unusual “octopus garden” — the largest congregation of deep-sea octopuses ever discovered on Earth, where over 6,000 octopuses huddle around an extinct underwater ...

RAVE to Violet, the giant Pacific octopus at the Seattle Aquarium, who jets and pirouettes through the water like an elegant ballerina. She instantly changes into stunning colors and morphs into ...

In a TikTok, posted by @___matt.h, a diver moves slowly through crystal-clear water when he spots a small octopus resting ...

Jim Barry receives funding from NOAA. Amanda Kahn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed ...

Each cell comes with a finite set of instructions encoded in its DNA. Life, however, is unpredictable, and when circumstances change, animals need flexibility to acclimate. In a new study appearing in ...