Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

A rare find in the Galápagos has marine biologists excited.

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Traditionally, when taxonomists examine a potentially new species of octopus, they dissect them, an approach that is highly invasive and nearly destroys the specimen. Alexander Ziegler Hidden in the ...

There are some 300 known species of octopus. From the huge giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) to the tiny poisonous blue-ringed octopus (genus Hapalochlaena), from the shallow-water mimic ...

Scientists working off the coast of Costa Rica say they've discovered the world's third known octopus nursery. The international 18-person research team found the site nearly 2 miles below sea level ...

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