Yes, female octopuses throw things at pushy males-but it's not just them.

Unlike most octopuses, which tackle their prey with all eight arms, a rediscovered tropical octopus subtly taps its prey on the shoulder and startles it into its arms. “I’ve never seen anything like ...

The one-meter octopus that hunts vegetables Posted: March 31, 2026 | Last updated: March 31, 2026 A remarkable observation of a one-meter-long octopus displaying unexpected feeding behavior, targeting ...

In the marine realm, diel vertical migration is a common feeding pattern: During daytime, zooplankton, fish and other marine life that feeds on these organisms hide in the darker depths of the ocean.

A wild octopus surprised an Australian diver this week by suddenly, and quite dramatically, inflating itself with water, ballooning up like a parachute. Later, when the diver posted a video of the ...

Life in the ocean is perilous, and 78% of the captured octopuses were missing at least one arm due to encounters with ...

Slowly sneaking up on its prey and carefully reaching an arm over to tap it on the shoulder, the larger Pacific striped octopus startles its food into its arms. As if this recently observed behavior ...

The deep-sea octopus is "rarely seen," per the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, which has only seen it four times in four decades Researchers collected detailed observations about the octopus ...

Their bizarre bodies, blobby shape and unique intelligence rank octopuses among the most beloved creatures of the ocean. The 2020 documentary “My Octopus Teacher” was showered with accolades for its ...

A seldom-spotted deep-sea octopus was seen off of the coast of California in November, marking just the fourth sighting in as many decades. The evasive creature, called the seven-arm octopus, was ...