making it as intelligent as the octopus or land animals like the pigeon. A defining characteristic of the cuttlefish, the cuttlebone is a porous internal shell that helps control buoyancy ...

The Dumbo octopus is an elusive cephalopod that gets its name from its large ear-like fins, which resemble those of the lovable Disney elephant. But there's still lots we don't know about these ...

News that the world's first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality has been met with dismay by scientists and conservationists. They argue such intelligent "sentient" creatures ...

Curious, you flip it over. A row of suckers. A pair of eyes. An octopus. In particular, Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus. Its common name comes from its habit of hiding ...

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.

Just not sports. At least until now. Here's what you need to know about football's "Octopus," a label you could hear plenty ...

This was proven experimentally in 2011 when researchers tested whether an octopus could learn to guide one of its arms through a maze to reach food. The maze was designed so that the arm would have to ...

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 ...

“Not just one octopus and one fish,” Sampaio says. “We’re talking about one octopus and five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten very different fish.” Sponsor Message For years, the hierarchy ...

An experimental new medical patch addresses that issue by utilizing octopus-inspired suckers. Most medical patches are much like band-aids, in that they utilize adhesive chemicals – glues ...

Pensioners reeling from having the winter fuel payment of up to £300 axed have been handed a lifeline by energy supplier Octopus. This week the change was voted through Parliament by the ...

We contacted Octopus and it said that there are over 30 million smart meters now installed across Britain, and on the whole, they work incredibly well. Of course, with any technology, there are ...