UC San Diego researchers have engineered bacteria to produce octopus pigment, potentially revolutionizing cosmetics, textiles and military applications.

These eight-legged spineless creatures, one of the most fascinating to inhabit our planet, have been seen in record numbers ...

A wildlife charity has declared 2025 "the Year of the Blooming Octopus" after record numbers were spotted off the south-west ...

Coleoid cephalopods have the most elaborate camouflage system in the animal kingdom. This enables them to hide from or deceive both predators and prey. Most studies have focused on benthic species of ...

Scientists declared 2025, the year of the Blooming Octopus following an unprecedented increase in numbers since 1950.The spotted are Octopus vulgaris, which is a species commonly seen in the warmer ...

From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos ...

Octopuses can flip from mottled rock to smooth sand in less time than it takes a human to blink, yet their eyes carry only a single visual pigment that should make them functionally colorblind. The ...

Across the scope of two seasons and 12 episodes, Emmy and BAFTA-winning legend Sir David Attenborough hypnotically guides the ...

Nature doesn’t just surprise us; it prototypes ideas we’d swear came from a movie. Some animal skills look like planned ...

The lagoon in the Bahamas has bioluminescence, octopus, the highest concentration of lined seahorses in the world.