In what sounds like the plot of a marine heist movie, a clever octopus named Inky made a bold dash for freedom—escaping from ...

Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world’s oddest couples. What’s so startling is the size difference: Males are about the size of a walnut—less than an inch long—but some ...

Octopuses are among the most intelligent creatures on Earth, capable of problem-solving, tool use, and even displaying emotional responses—so should scientists still be allowed to experiment on ...

By conducting octopus mating experiments in the lab, scientists found that the males use a “high-precision bite” to target the female’s aorta and inject tetrodoxin during copulation ...

Aronson, R. (1991) "Ecology, paleobiology and evolutionary constraint in the octopus." Bulletin of Marine Science 49: 245-255. Burr DC, Morrone MC, Spinelli D (1989) Evidence for edge and bar ...

More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low-budget sci-fi films of the 2010s, the "sharktopus" has been spotted in real life - well, kind of. The sighting was not that of some mish ...

A aerial view of the octopus catching a ride on top of the shark. (Image credit: Wednesday Davis) Shortfin mako sharks are the fastest shark species in the world, reaching top speeds of up to 46 ...

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 ...

The shark’s accessory wasn’t inanimate: it was a Maori octopus. Capable of growing up to 6.5 feet wide and weighing around 26 pounds, the Maori octopus is the largest species of its kind in ...

Constantine said. Their eyes weren’t deceiving them. An octopus was riding the shark. They nicknamed it the “sharktopus” and said it was one of the strangest things they had ever seen in the ...