The octopus is not the most social species on the planet. Though they are very intelligent, they also tend to be very solitary, and they have a tendency to eat each other given the chance. They’re ...

Octopuses and other camouflaging cephalopods may be the literal embodiment of “now you see me, now you don’t.” Using both rapid color and texture changes, octopuses can blend into nearly every ...

Inside a spare bedroom in Richard Ross' Alameda home sits a massive aquarium system that holds what might be a future exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Within the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The octopus already is an oddball of the ocean. Now biologists have rediscovered a species of that eight-arm sea creature that’s even stranger and shares some of our social and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The octopus already is an oddball of the ocean. Now biologists have rediscovered a species of that eight-arm sea creature that's even stranger and shares some of our social and ...

This handout photo provided by Roy L. Caldwell shows a LPSO male A15 canteleve large Pacific striped octopus about to catch a shrimp. Shifting shapes, sporting mesmerizing eyes, and showing uncanny ...

A seasonally inspired stream for the curious, but distracted. Let us know what you think. By The New York Times UPDATED September 3, 2015 The larger Pacific striped octopus is, despite its name, no ...