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 ...

The tension between sacred mysteries that must be shielded from outsiders and those that can be revealed animates an ...

They use muscles to make their blue patterns appear, displaying them on top of a yellow or cream-coloured base with dark pigmented cells underneath ... There may be around 10 different species of blue ...

This was proven experimentally in 2011 when researchers tested whether an octopus could learn to guide one of its arms through a maze to reach food. The maze was designed so that the arm would have to ...

An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not alone. A flurry of fish move alongside it, in a group hunting phenomenon observed in multiple marine locations around the world.

Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man is a lot of people's favorite. He was the first big-screen Spidey, and he brought the character to ...

News that the world's first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality has been met with dismay by scientists and conservationists. They argue such intelligent "sentient" creatures ...

The law prohibits any farming activity involving the “propagation, cultivation, maintenance, or harvest of any species of octopus for the purpose of human consumption.” It would also prevent ...

LEGO isn't the only snap-together brick system. These seven sets aren't from LEGO, but they do offer an alternative and often ...

“Not just one octopus and one fish,” Sampaio says. “We’re talking about one octopus and five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten very different fish.” Sponsor Message For years, the hierarchy ...

Tom Hoskisson's fan art introduces new Spider-Man villains include ... mad scientists or mobsters who've gained power, like ...

We contacted Octopus and it said that there are over 30 million smart meters now installed across Britain, and on the whole, they work incredibly well. Of course, with any technology, there are ...