Rather than pouncing on its prey, the larger Pacific striped octopus extends a tentacle and taps its victim, startling it into the octopus's deadly embrace. (Video courtesy Roy Caldwell ...

This underwater alliance between octopus and fish tends to pay off for both. Learn why the relationship works.

Octopuses are fascinating in more ways than one. Beyond their impressive intelligence, they also have other unique features like three hearts, an amazing ability to camouflage, and a central brain ...

The North Pacific giant octopus is the world's largest octopus. It's almost as big as a car, with an arm span exceeding four ...

The neurons in the octopus's arms are concentrated along an axial nerve cord that undulates down the length of each arm, with ...

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The suckers are also packed with sensory receptors that allow the octopus to taste and smell things that they touch—like combining a hand with a tongue and a nose. The researchers believe the ...

The multicolored cells you see here make up a sucker on an octopus’s arm. Octopuses use these suckers to grasp prey, latch onto underwater surfaces, and even defend themselves from predators. The ...

“We wanted to look at arm control in octopuses and see whether there were any rules they use to deploy their arms in capturing prey,” Wardill said. “The big highlight was that they use vision for prey ...

Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity ... grasp objects, and capture prey. "If you're going to have a nervous system that's controlling such dynamic movement, that's a good way to set ...

and capture prey. Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity, bending, twisting, and curling with nearly infinite degrees of freedom. New research from the University of Chicago revealed that the ...