A new generation of robots is beginning to take shape, one that moves, senses, and adapts more like living creatures.

Diving on coastal reefs can bring us closer to nature and inspire conservation, but there are steps every ecotourist can take ...

Learn how to draw cephalopods step by step, focusing on form, tentacle flow, and texture to create octopus, squid, and ...

Scientists in Italy have developed a flexible robotic arm modelled on the octopus, combining soft materials with touch-sensitive suction cups. Designed to work in crowded and delicate environments, ...

Scientists recently uncovered fossilized jawbones of Nanaimoteuthis haggarti – a massive, kraken-like octopus that roamed Earth about 72 million years ago.According to a recent study published in the ...

Record numbers linked to warming waters is mixed news for fishers, with shellfish catches down but octopus catches booming Record numbers of octopuses found off the south-west coast of England last ...

Nearly 1,800 meters beneath the surface of the Pacific, a remotely operated submersible was creeping along the slope of a Galápagos seamount when its camera caught a tiny, dark blue octopus perched in ...

While on a deep-sea expedition in the Galapagos in 2015, scientists found a golf-ball sized, short-armed blue octopus. In a recent study, they confirmed that it’s new to science. The newly described ...

An octopus about the size of a golf ball was first spotted in 2015 near Darwin Island. A new study gives it both a formal description and a name. The octopus was first spotted in 2015 during a ...

The discovery of a blue octopus about the size of a golf ball has delighted marine biologists and the public with its rarity – and its big-eyed cute factor. The octopus was found 5,800 feet deep in ...

Scientists knew they had encountered something special when they first saw the tiny blue octopus in the depths of the Galapagos Islands. And it must have been very exciting for the one person who knew ...

On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean that "could curl up in the palm of your hand." "He's tiny!