Back in 2024 the Clifford family began sharing updates about a pet octopus Terrance, who laid eggs before dying months later.

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 ...

The existence of animals is crucial to our planet. They play a significant role in maintaining ecosystems, contributing to biodiversity, and maintaining ecological balance. There is no doubt that ...

Prepare to be AMAZED by this viral video of an octopus solving a maze. Sashimi the Octopus even shocked his owner, Mark Rober, with the feat.

A mating pair of wild Octopus americanus, one displaying the arm action “raise.” A new study of octopuses in the wild found that all eight arms can do multiple actions, but their front arms are ...

Off the south-west coast of the UK, a creature usually glimpsed only by divers and night-fishing crews suddenly became impossible to ignore. Through 2025, common octopus numbers surged so dramatically ...

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This octopus behavior might look funny at first glance, but it reveals how evolution solves complex problems in unexpected ways.

Octopuses are regularly presented with puzzles that would leave many other animals in a bind. Octopuses know how to open jars, slide lids, or navigate mazes to get their prey. It is the fact that they ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These five research-backed insights show why the octopus ...

What is good for an Octopus? Source: Photo by Jeahn Laffitte on Unsplash Heather Browning, an Australian zookeeper at the National Zoo & Aquarium Canberra and PhD candidate at the Australian National ...