Instead of blending in with the background, octopuses hide from predators by taking on the shape and color of specific objects in their environment, new research suggests. "Octopuses are ...

This remarkable sea creature resembles the softest, rainbow-colored blanket gently floating through the deep ocean. A video ...

Learn all about the incredible dumbo octopus, a magical creature that lives in the depths of the oceans and looks like a ...

Predators and Vulnerability Although the Giant Pacific Octopus and octopus alike are intelligent, they suffer to predators just like other animals in the wild. Baby octopus larvae are usually eaten by ...

They layer their eggs with the toxin to deter predators. It's uncommon for a human to get bitten by a blue-ringed octopus, Grasse said.

Atlantis is almost certainly a mythical land that never truly existed. But the same cannot be said for Octlantis. This ...

Astonishing footage has captured the moment an octopus landed a punch on a fish for "not cooperating with it". The remarkable video surfaced following a new study which revealed that octopuses are ...

Discover and watch how this giant Pacific octopus mother lays down her life to make sure that her eggs are safe.

Other animals hide from predators by looking similar to nearby objects, mimicking just part of the environment, instead of the whole. To see how octopuses do it, the researchers analyzed images of 11 ...

Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living ...