"Our findings are the first to demonstrate that invertebrates can use mirrors to understand their environment to find prey." ...

The blue-ringed octopus may be small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but its venom is among the deadliest biological weapons found anywhere in the animal kingdom. Armed with a neurotoxin ...

Now, scientists have discovered that the California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) can also learn to use mirrors, researchers report June 3 in Current Biology. When brainstorming octopus ...

Octopuses are even more sophisticated than we thought. Despite generally being solitary animals, they can work with fish to find prey and recognise which team members aren’t helping. That is the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The research shows how octopuses and multiple fish species work ...

The diving gear is on, the cameras are ready—biologist Eduardo Sampaio and his colleagues are set to go. They dive in the Red Sea, scanning left and right underwater—and wonder: Where can an octopus ...

Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity, bending, twisting, and curling with nearly infinite degrees of freedom. New research from the University of Chicago revealed that the nervous system ...

A "kraken-like" giant octopus might have been one of the most formidable predators around 100 million years ago, scientists have found. New research led by scientists from Japan's Hokkaido University, ...