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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study found that some members of an octopus species hunt cooperatively in groups with fish. Video shows octopuses punching their companion fish to keep them on task and contributing to the hunt.

Octopus filmed firing stones from her siphon from inside a clam shell like a sniper in never-before-seen behavior captured for the Netflix series Our Oceans. When you purchase through links on our ...

Collaborating with a cephalopod isn't risk-free. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Why do octopuses have eight arms? The better to ...

In the new Netflix documentary "Our Oceans," stunning footage captured a coconut octopus using its siphon to shoot stones at predatory fish while hiding inside a clamshell—a behavior never before ...

Octopuses are among the most sophisticated predators in the animal kingdom. The same cannot be said about the humble pufferfish. But a recent encounter between the two suggests the creatures may ...