Octopuses are among the most unusual animals in the ocean, with intelligence and biology that continue to puzzle scientists.

Octopuses are among the most intelligent and mysterious animals in the ocean. With flexible bodies, powerful camouflage, and ...

From playful and delicate marine life to dramatic encounters with powerful predators, these winning photos capture remarkable ...

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

To study the effect of oleamide, FAU scientists observed 31,500 interactions between the octopus and its prey of hermit crabs, free-living crabs, snails, and clams. They charted each as a successful, ...

By drawing water into an internal, muscular cavity and forcefully expelling it through a flexible, narrow tube, known as a siphon, cephalopods are able to create forward thrust, propelling themselves ...

From exploding flocks of green pigeons to ghostly crabs in tide pools, discover how nature’s finest illusionists—on land, in ...

This week I found three mottled sea hares washed up along the high tide line. At first glance they looked like blobs of wet leather, but these strange drifters are actually large sea slugs, marine ...

A simple piece of plastic could change the way ocean animals hunt, hide, and survive. Scientists are now discovering that chemicals from plastic waste may quietly disturb life under the sea in ways no ...

In deep, tropical offshore waters, there exists a whale that’s roughly the size of a dolphin. Sightings of it are extremely rare, and few people have captured it on film. Despite its small size, it ...

More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics accumulate in coastal waters, they continuously leach bioactive additives ...