Caption: An octopus cyanea hunting with a blacktip grouper on one side and a gold-saddle goatfish (‘blue goatfish’) on the other. An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not ...

An Octopus cyanea hunts with a blacktip grouper on one side and a blue goatfish on the other. Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that ...

A captive octopus went all "Finding Nemo" with a clever escape plan that took him from an aquarium tank back into the wilds of the ocean. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news ...

Video from a recent study shows multiple examples of octopuses using their tentacles to punch fish, but it's not part of a sanctioned aquatic boxing match. Instead, researchers said the animals do ...

Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific, is in the final phase of her life after laying unfertilized eggs. The octopus, beloved by the public for her active and curious ...

SISAL, Mexico – When Mexican biologist Carlos Rosas dips his hand into the water of a large open-topped tank and brings it to the surface, there is a tiny purple baby octopus, no bigger than a tennis ...

MORRO BAY, CA (CBS Local) - A massive 70-pound octopus lives to see another day after a California fish market decided to let the creature return to the ocean. Fred, a mollusk caught in a crab trap, ...

For Ghost, a 45-pound octopus believed to be between 2 and 4 years old (the average lifespan for her species), it means ...