The southern sand octopus has taken hide-and-seek to a whole new level. It shoots jets of water into the seafloor creating quicksand that allows it to vanish. A skilled architect, the octopus can ...

The southern sand octopus is thought to lack colour changing organs, known as chromatophores, which other octopus species use to camouflage themselves from predators. It instead uses this ...

Research on the southern sand octopus has uncovered a compound in its venom that shows real promise in slowing the growth of cancerous melanoma cells. Image credit: Sheree Marris Scientists have even ...

A team of researchers from Spain and Australia studying the venom of the Australian southern sand octopus has identified a compound that may significantly slow cancer growth and help fight drug ...

The southern sand octopus, for instance, expels a jet of water into the ground, and uses its arms to pull itself into the temporarily loosened sand. That ability made its way onto the researchers ...

An Australian diver captured the moment that an octopus disappeared beneath sand to hide from predators near Rye Pier, Victoria. Jules Casey, who frequently posts underwater footage to her ...

Watch debris from the sea bottom fly, as octopuses hurl sand and other projectiles at ... "In some cases the projected material hits another octopus, or another object (a fish or a camera ...