New research at the UO reveals that they have been using one that has existed for 480 million years. The octopus has just ...

We know octopuses are intelligent, but watch as this octopus surprises scientists by finding its own way to solve a problem.

Is the giant Pacific octopus dangerous to humans? Why would it want to target a diver and his equipment deep in the ocean?

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome. That's a ...

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 ...

Visitors to a popular beach in Sydney's north shore have been warned to watch out for Blue-ringed octopuses after several bites were reported in the last week.

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

A “violent and disturbing” video has emerged of a teenage boy repeatedly punching a live octopus in the head at a Bay of ...

This means that an octopus’s arms are very different to ... neural structure that acts as a sort of gyroscope, allowing an animal (or a robot) to orient itself in space. These have been used ...

The octopus has three hearts, which help it survive in deep waters. Two pump blood to the gills, while the third circulates oxygen-rich blood to the body.

Octopus farming would be banned in Oregon under a bill that animal welfare advocates claim is necessary to protect the ocean dwellers from inhumane treatment.