Premature babies are extremely vulnerable and often too fragile to be held in the first few days of their lives. To make the often heartbreaking experience a little easier for new parents, an ...

This octopus survives in plain sight. Here’s how it adapts its body in real time to mirror dangerous species and navigate one ...

Spain won this month's football World Cup, but Paul the Octopus won a second, hotly contested title that paralleled the main event. Paul correctly predicted the result of Germany's seven matches at ...

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A new study has shown octopuses' sleep might be more like humans than initially thought and could even include dreaming. The study found octopuses have a sleep pattern similar to REM where most ...

The first whole genome analysis of an octopus reveals unique features that likely played a role in the evolution of traits such as large complex nervous systems and adaptive camouflage. An ...

Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world’s oddest couples. What’s so startling is the size difference: Males are about the size of a walnut—less than an inch long—but some females can ...

Camouflage isn't the only way cephalopods have evolved to change their appearance. Octopuses and other cephalopods make the fastest transformations in the animal kingdom. Here, a giant Pacific octopus ...

A distinct striped pattern on a species of octopus varies from one individual to the next, which could help researchers monitor the rare animal. Pygmy zebra octopuses (Octopus chierchiae), also known ...

The octopus is the closest we may get to meeting an alien. The octopus is the closest we may get to meeting an alien. They evolved from a common cousin more than 500 million years ago, but are also ...