Rather than pouncing on its prey, the larger Pacific striped octopus extends a tentacle and taps its victim, startling it into the octopus's deadly embrace. (Video courtesy Roy Caldwell ...

Their cannibalistic tendencies mean that octopuses don’t socialize as much as other animals. But the larger Pacific striped octopus (LPSO) is different. For one, they live together in colonies. And ...

Some three decades later Ross and Roy Caldwell of the University of California, Berkeley, have bred and studied that elusive cephalopod, the larger Pacific striped octopus (LPSO). They’ve ...

For example, this BBC video shows a giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) poaching crabs from a fisherman's pot: Meanwhile, the sneaky larger Pacific striped octopus uses scare tactics when ...

O. chierchiae capturing an amphipod near the opening of the shell it occupied. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Contorting, shape-shifting, camouflaging—often all at once—octopuses are as diverse as they are fascinating. Here six octopuses show their stuff. You’re sitting on the seabed, just off the ...

But the larger Pacific striped octopus (LPSO) is different ... common loon—a waterbird with striking red eyes and black-and-white checkerboard plumage. This bird's calls have been used in ...

Full-time biologist—part-time cephalopod matchmaker, Richard Ross invites us into his secret home lab where he studies the mating rituals of the lesser Pacific striped Octopus. Observe the different ...

A devoted mother pearl octopus brooding her eggs – the baby octopus’s eyes and tentacles are visible inside the egg casings – showing they are half way through their development. In 2018 ...

A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish, which sometimes include several fish species at once. The research ...

Pensioners reeling from having the winter fuel payment of up to £300 axed have been handed a lifeline by energy supplier Octopus. This week the change was voted through Parliament by the ...