World Octopus Day highlights the complexities of protecting marine animals as environmental threats like climate change ...

in which a big blue octopus (Octopus cyanea) worked alongside different species of fish to find and capture smaller fish and molluscs. Each of these scenes hinted at complex group dynamics ...

The Octopus cyanea can often be found organising ... The species hunting mostly eat crustaceans, fish and mollusks with whoever was able to catch getting a meal. They were however unable to ...

Octopuses have often been thought to prowl the seafloor solo using camouflage. But a new study suggests that some have ...

An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not alone. A flurry of fish move alongside it, in a group hunting phenomenon observed in multiple marine locations around the world.

during which they captured 13 instances of ringed octopuses working with a variety of other fish to catch small fish and mollusks. According to the research team, the ringed octopus stayed in a ...

The octopus takes on a commander position, leading a group of fish on the hunt for food and overseeing operations. Meanwhile, the fish track down smaller fish species and mollusks hiding in crevices.

A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish, which sometimes include several fish species at once. The research ...

In research published in Advanced Science, investigators drew inspiration from the octopus to develop an adhesive that achieves strong attachment and controlled release on varied substrates in wet ...

Beth Orcutt wants to learn more about life at the bottom of the ocean, to inform decision-making on deep sea mining. Watching documentaries about the Titanic inspired deep-sea microbiologist Beth ...

In 2019, the photographer Harris Narainen had just wrapped up a night dive off Anilao in the Philippines and begun his ...

Scuba-diving scientists in the Red Sea watched octopuses and fish working in partnership to catch molluscs and shellfish ... the coalition will hunt, but the octopus is in charge of if, and ...