The animal was spotted more than 5,500 feet underwater by a research expedition. The Ocean Exploration Trust's Nautilus mission ran into the octopus while live-streaming. Rare footage shows an unusual ...

The octopus is a natural escape artist. It can squeeze its soft body into impossibly tight spaces and often baffles aquarium workers with its ability to break out of tanks. These abilities could be ...

Researchers have built a robotic octopus that can swim, crawl and carry objects in its tentacles. The current version of the robot has been "upgraded" since last year, as the researchers have added a ...

YAQUINA HEAD, Ore. - Recent video from the U.S. Department of the Interior shows a giant Pacific octopus crawling through the Yaquina Head tide pools in northwestern Oregon. According to the ...

DUNSBOROUGH, Australia - It may not be a Kraken, but an octopus swimming along Geographe Bay in Australia has plenty of attitude. Just ask Lance Karlson, who posted footage of his March 18 encounter ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists didn't know what kind of octopus egg they'd plucked from the bottom of the sea until ...

Rare footage shows a "Dumbo" octopus swimming near a submersible in the deep ocean. The animal was spotted more than 5,500 feet underwater by a research expedition. The Ocean Exploration Trust's ...