Rearing the babies will provide scientists with a rare opportunity to learn about the typically deeper-water creatures ...

A mother octopus broods her eggs near a small outcrop of rock unofficially called El Dorado Hill. When a female octopus broods (which can be a timespan of multiple years), she does not eat and dies ...

Octopuses are widely known for their intelligence, including problem-solving, tool use, and complex hunting behavior. For ...

Out of sight from visitors and school field trips, Birch Aquarium in La Jolla is quietly raising more than 3,000 tiny octopus ...

Equally mysterious and beautiful, octopuses are captivating creatures. There are over 300 octopus species, and they thrive in ...

A new species of octopus may have just been discovered off the coast of Costa Rica. It was found in a rare brooding site that marks only the third octopus nursery known to exist in the world. The ...

Sandwiched here between the Pacific Ocean and Kona Airport — atop a dusty volcanic desert — dozens of 50-gallon water tanks gurgle and bubble away; each home to a solitary, wild-caught octopus and a ...

Scientists have discovered at least four new species of octopus in the deep waters of a 100-square-mile area near Costa Rica, officials from the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday. An ...

This newly discovered species of octopus is a deep-sea shapeshifter with large eyes and blood-red tentacles. Sounds terrifying? Don’t fret: these strange little guys are smaller than a golf ball.

Off the coast of the UK, fishermen and marine biologists are witnessing something not seen in generations. Sightings of the ...

11:52 a.m. Dec. 28, 2022: Photo captions in an earlier version of this story stated that the Kanaloa Octopus Farm was making efforts to breed octopus for human consumption. Although the facility’s ...