Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...

Last year, speculative fiction author Ray Nayler published "The Mountain in the Sea," his first novel, depicting a not-too-distant future in which humankind is faced with an awe-inspiring (and deeply ...

The findings are the first to quantify how much work goes into switching on chromatophores, the specialized color-changing organs connected to cephalopods’ muscle and nervous systems, which dot the ...

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

A team of molecular and cellular chemists and biologists from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego, has found that at least one type of octopus has taste sensors on its ...

In June 2025, the SciFri Book Club read Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses by David Scheel. Luckily, there is also a young readers edition, so you can learn about these amazing ...

With eight tentacles, a massive brain, and a surprisingly malleable body composition, octopuses are among the weirdest and most intriguing creatures around. Living at depths of anything from around ...

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Atlantis is almost certainly a mythical land that never truly existed. But the same cannot be said for Octlantis. This underwater ‘city’, originally discovered back in 2009, lies off the coast of ...

Using mechanisms inspired by nature, Virginia Tech researchers have created a new adhesive based on the shape of octopus suckers. “We’re really interested in trying to grab on quickly, and release ...

Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates in south Cornwall and Devon, wildlife charity says Record numbers of sightings of one of the world’s most intelligent invertebrates over the summer ...