World Octopus Day highlights the complexities of protecting marine animals as environmental threats like climate change ...

Marine biologists have known for a long time that certain species of octopus punch fish. Octopus cyanea are a species of ...

Scientists have observed octopuses hunting with groups of fish, with one species acting as a scout as the rest of the gang ...

The type of fish also varied, with the octopuses hunting with species such as blacktip groupers and goatfish. And while the ...

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution lifts the veil on what happens when octopuses and fish hunt together. As ...

In addition to being clever enough to use tools, solve puzzles, do tricks, and recognize humans, the invertebrates are ...

Footage shows them bossing fish around and even punching them in the head when they don’t feel their work is good enough. The ...

With the octopus leading the charge, fish scout for hidden prey and signal where to capture a smaller fish or mollusk. But if freeloading fish are hovering around, looking to benefit from the hunt ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bipartisan bill banning octopus farming in the state. California is now the second state to do so.

A new study has found that octopuses don't always hunt alone, with some species actually working together with fish - and one ...

The bill protects octopuses from aquaculture, an environment that the "intelligent creatures" don't belong in, said ...

Thousands of pearl octopuses were discovered in 2018 lining thermal vents near a deep-sea volcano. Researchers now know why ...