Female octopuses have been caught on video launching shells at males attempting to mate with them. Scientists at the University of Sydney recorded gloomy octopuses, or Octopus tetricus, in Jervis Bay ...

Footage of a white octopus flapping its fins as it swims Researchers exploring an underwater mountain in Hawaii's deep sea recently stumbled across a rare, "ghostly" dumbo octopus — one of the deepest ...

Deep below the waters of the mighty Pacific Ocean, a mother is making the ultimate sacrifice for her babies. In this touching YouTube clip, you see a female giant Pacific octopus lay down her life to ...

We’ve known for centuries that octopuses get around one of two ways: one, by crawling over surfaces with their arms, or, two, swimming with the help of their siphon’s jet. But a new study (pdf) shows ...

The more scientists study octopuses, the more we learn how fascinating these creatures really are. Octopuses are incredibly intelligent, displaying all kinds of amazing behavior like completing ...

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Along with their writhing tentacles, octopi and squid sport another interesting feature – they swim not by swishing a tail, but by expelling a jet of water. This allows them to move very quickly and ...

How does an animal with no bones (like an octopus) move? Animals without bones are known as invertebrates. The vast majority of animals are invertebrates. Invertebrates typically have fluid-filled ...