The Secret Behind an Octopus's Unusual Intelligence May Finally Have an Answer ...

We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.

Octopuses have earned a reputation for escaping from nearly any space, and new research shows their skills are even more remarkable than once believed. Their flexible bodies and advanced ...

Scientists in Italy have developed an octopus-inspired robotic arm that can sense and grasp objects using artificial suction ...

The octopus genome with its complex DNA code has finally been cracked. Scientists are eager to answer questions about these creatures’ unusual physiology and incredible intelligence. Scientists ...

Most of us think of the brain as a single command center that controls everything the body does. Octopuses work differently. Their arms can sense, explore, and even solve simple problems on their own ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images / Mauricio Handler In the new Prime documentary series “Octopus!” actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge spends an hour and a ...

Someone's thrash is another one's treasure - this old saying has an entirely different meaning for an octopus.