In the video, the diver, on encountering the octopus, pokes it and tries to grab the creature. The octopus quickly retaliates ...

"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.

If you are hiking off the coast of northern Washington and exploring tidepools, the last thing you would probably expect to ...

Now, researchers studying the octopuses have learned that not only do male blue-lined octopuses use their venom against enemies, but also against members of their own species — cannibalistic females.

Are hippos dangerous to humans? Hippos do attack humans and are very dangerous. When it comes to these large river horses (what their name translates to in Greek), there are about 500 deaths per year ...

Earlier this week, 17 independent UN human rights experts released a statement expressing grave concern over Trump’s new executive order calling it “an attack on global rule of law and strikes at the ...

These cells enable the octopus to mimic the colors and patterns of its surroundings, giving them an extra layer of camouflage. Texture transformation is another fascinating ability of octopuses. Their ...

Have you ever wondered which octopus species is the largest in the world? Octopuses come in many different sizes, shapes, and colors. These creatures inhabit oceans worldwide and have a crucial part ...

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including four unprovoked attacks, according to the research. Those figures did not account for instances where sharks attacked a boat or bit a human who was already dead. Several additional ...

Add in the octopus’s small size (generally around eight inches), relatively short arms, bell-shaped body, pale coloring, and tendency to hover over the seafloor, and you’ve got a cephalopod ...