Octopuses are remarkably intelligent ... JimEckhardt penned, "Blown away. Such a beautiful, intelligent creature. One of my ...

An octopus rests on the ocean floor beneath the Bellingshausen sea off Antarctica. (Image credit: ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute.) What lies beneath Antarctica's roughly 500 feet (150 ...

Contorting, shape-shifting, camouflaging—often all at once—octopuses are as diverse as they are fascinating. Here six octopuses show their stuff. You’re sitting on the seabed, just off the ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, according to a new study. The males have evolved to use a venom called ...

Octopuses who are often hostile to one another become cuddle puddles when exposed to MDMA Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...