It's one of the most bizarre creatures on Earth, and not just because it looks so different. The octopus can camouflage itself in a flash; squeeze its entire body through a one-inch hole; and their ...

Plans are underway to open the world's first octopus farm in Spain—a move that has been met with considerable backlash from animal rights groups. Spanish seafood commercialization company Nueva ...

An octopus lies amid rocks on the Pacific Ocean floor off the coast of Oregon. (Photo: OOI-NSF / UW / CSSF) Are intelligent aliens living among us? A newly published novel just might lead you to think ...

For scientist Dominic Sivitilli, a Ph.D. candidate in astrobiology and psychology at the University of Washington, the answer is under the sea. “The octopuses’ long, separate evolution toward ...

Seven myths fall apart as science reveals how octopuses, parrots, and bees think in distinct, adaptive ways tuned to their worlds.

Among the smartest animals on Earth, octopuses are unique for being utterly weird in their evolutionary path to developing those smarts. Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith has called the octopus the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These five research-backed insights show why the octopus ...

In the new Prime documentary series “Octopus!” actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge spends an hour and a half narrating a story about an octopus named Doris that sets out on her own, falls in love and ...

Here's a fascinating article: Thinking like an octopus by Alvin Powell of the Harvard Gazette. Powell writes about the ideas of Peter Godfrey-Smith, a Harvard philosopher who has spent time observing ...

This story was originally broadcast January 12, 2020. It's one of the most bizarre creatures on Earth, and not just because it looks so different. The octopus can camouflage itself in a flash; squeeze ...