An underwater photographer spotted a beautiful underwater show as a radiant octopus dramatically changed their colourful ...

Octopuses are fascinating in more ways than one. Beyond their impressive intelligence, they also have other unique features like three hearts, an amazing ability to camouflage, and a central brain ...

Scientists at University of Oregon discover one of the oldest known animal sex chromosomes in California two-spot octopus.

Camouflage using chromatophores is particularly ... aiding in patterns that disrupts the cuttlefish and octopus body outline (Hanlon & Messenger, 1988). Since the leucophores reflect filtered ...

Take the octopus. Those octopi alive today are a marvel of evolution—they can mold themselves into almost any shape and are ...

Like lots of other octopuses, blue-ringed octopuses can also use their chromatophores to help camouflage themselves ... There may be around 10 different species of blue-ringed octopus, though only ...

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species. The size record is held by a specimen that was 30 feet across and weighed more than 600 pounds. Averages are ...

To complement its unique sensory system, the octopus also has the ability to camouflage, release ink and fit into small spaces to protect itself in the wild. “I think of an animal being smart if ...

An octopus’s brain-to-body ratio is the largest of any invertebrate ... Octopuses are probably the world’s most skilled camouflage artists. Jon explains, “thousands of specialised cells under their ...

Dive biologist and leading expert on cephalopod behavior Roger Hanlon will be the guest speaker at the Marine Biological Laboratory’s Falmouth Forum on Friday, February 7. Start time is 7:30 ...