The octopus is known for a number of things: its flexible body, ink squirts, and of course, eight arms. With about 300 species, these cephalopods inhabit every ocean of the world and can be found on ...

The octopus is one of the coolest animals in the sea. For starters, they are invertebrates. That means they don’t have backbones like humans, lions, turtles, and birds. That may sound unusual, but ...

Cephalopods, like humans, have camera-like eyes that focus light with a lens. The two-spot octopus gets its name from the ocelli, or iridescent blue spots, which are false eyes to startle predators ...

More than just aquarium must-sees, octopuses are known for being highly intelligent creatures and, at times, even friends to humans. These connections are the subjects of the popular 2020 documentary ...

Octopuses are among the most fascinating and intelligent creatures of the ocean. Known for their incredible problem-solving ...

With their eight arms and giant egg-shaped head, octopuses are one of the most alien-looking creatures on the planet. Yet scientists have an extremely difficult time studying them in the wild because ...

When we think of sea animals, we usually picture dolphins, whales, or sharks. But there’s one sea creature that’s quietly amazing– the octopus. With its soft body, eight bendy arms, and smart ...

Ghost, the giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), has been stealing hearts since she arrived at the Aquarium of the ...

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography successfully hatched over 3,000 Red Octopus hatchlings, a species ...