Go diving into the intertidal waters of the Great Barrier Reef along the northeastern coast of Australia, and you might happen upon a tiny octopus ... believe the species to be evolved for ...

Soon enough, a “long” purple sea creature caught their attention — and for good reason. It turned out to be a new species. A joint Chinese-New Zealand research team set out in October 2022 ...

This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In most octopus species it’s customary after sex for the female to make a meal—of her partner. To avoid being eaten ...

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species. The size record is held by a specimen that was 30 feet across and weighed more than 600 pounds. Averages are ...

So much so that they may be Earth's next big species if ours ends up going the way of the dinosaurs. While an octopus-dominated future may seem "improbable" at the moment, it "wouldn’t be the ...