I watched the renowned documentary "My Octopus Teacher" on Netflix, where a famous filmmaker, Craig Foster forges an unusual friendship with a female octopus living in a South African kelp forest near ...

A viral TikTok series by creator Sarah claims we are 'severely underreacting' to octopuses, highlighting their unusual anatomy, intelligence, and behaviors. Her humorous yet fact-filled videos ...

Because we needed to keep a running tally of friends and foes to navigate thorny hierarchies and shifting alliances, we had to have brains that were up to the task (which is why this theory is also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images / Mauricio Handler In the new Prime documentary series “Octopus!” actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge spends an hour and a ...

The octopus genome with its complex DNA code has finally been cracked. Scientists are eager to answer questions about these creatures’ unusual physiology and incredible intelligence. Scientists ...

We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.

Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass. Should they serve as menu items, too? Whether stuffed into ...

The octopus is having its moment, and for good reason: According to recent research—laid out so vividly in the National Geographic documentary “Secrets of the Octopus”—the eight-legged cephalopod is ...