Is the giant Pacific octopus dangerous to humans? Why would it want to target a diver and his equipment deep in the ocean?

New research at the UO reveals that they have been using one that has existed for 480 million years. The octopus has just ...

Viewers can see the octopus tripping up the object of her affection, wrapping herself around his legs as he’s trying to walk out of the ocean in an effort to get him to notice her.

The research suggest octopus and other cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, all rely on the ancient chromosome to ...

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

It’s not uncommon, for example, to see an octopus using several arms to move itself across the ocean floor while cracking ... allowing an animal (or a robot) to orient itself in space.

Octopuses are fascinating in more ways than one. Beyond their impressive intelligence, they also have other unique features like three hearts, an amazing ability to camouflage, and a central brain ...

Octopus farming would be banned in Oregon under a bill that animal welfare advocates claim is necessary to protect the ocean ...

Octopuses live in every ocean on the planet ... also carry a significant environmental toll. Most farmed animals are herbivores. Octopus are carnivores and won’t adapt to a vegetarian diet.

Each octopus arm has a massive nervous system, with more neurons combined across the eight arms than in the animal's brain ... species native to the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.