Dive into the enchanting world of the octopus, an extraordinary marine wonder with eight flexible arms and a unique ...

The octopus is one of the world’s most amazing creatures, and nothing puts that into perspective more than the physiological differences between these fantastic sea-dwelling mollusks and the creatures ...

Octopuses tend to catch your attention the moment you learn anything real about them. They don’t fit the neat biological patterns most animals follow, and that’s precisely what makes them so ...

Author Sy Montgomery poses with Cleo, a giant Pacific octopus at Oregon Coast Aquarium. Montgomery wrote the book "The Soul of an Octopus," which is Alliance's One Book One Community selection for ...

The octopus, one of Earth’s oddest and most enduring creatures – they were here before dinosaurs – is spotlighted April 21 with NatGeo’s eye-opening “Secrets of the Octopus.” These incredibly unique ...

We know that octopuses have awesome visual systems and super-sensitive suckers. We have even learned that they can hear. But little scientific attention has been paid to their sense of smell. "They ...