At the supermarket at dusk, I stopped in my tracks in the cold air of the fresh fish section.Lined up on a tray were boiled ...

How does an octopus remember what it has learned? A new study led by Dr. Ana Luiza Turchetti-Maia, Dr. Tal Shomrat and ...

The Rock Suddenly Looked at MeOn the seafloor, there are rugged rocks. There are many similar rocks all around. However...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to animal intelligence, octopuses have few rivals. Some species of the cephalopods lug coconut shells around for ...

The remarkable intelligence of octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish may trace back to an ancient reshuffling of their DNA that created new connections between genes. Scientists discovered that these ...

Imagine walking along the ocean floor and spotting what looks like an ordinary rock. You swim a little closer, and suddenly the “rock” grows eight arms and disappears into a crack. It was an octopus ...

Dorado Octopus arms reaching out. Photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute Roughly 300 species of octopus live in the world’s oceans. These creatures embody many traits that people consider particularly ...

Octopuses are incredibly clever creatures. They can open jars, solve mazes and even use tools. One species, the common ...

They change shape and color, and squirt ink. But they also will return your gaze, "as if they're scrutinizing you." ...

By Marta Serafinko Nov 6 (Reuters) - Octopuses are famous for slipping through seemingly impossible gaps. Scientists have now ...