Somehow, a large orange octopus has been riding a mako shark off the coast of New Zealand. Researchers are mystified.

One summer day off the northern coast of New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine noticed something strange on the water’s surface.

In their recordings, they captured 13 instances of group hunting between big blue octopuses (Octopus cyanea) and different fish species. Typically, these hunting groups preyed upon mollusks or ...

Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into ...

Throughout the animal kingdom, resourcefulness often means the difference between a good meal and an empty stomach. And near coral reefs, where competition for food is particularly fierce, nature has ...

More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low-budget sci-fi films of the 2010s, the "sharktopus" has been spotted in real life - well, kind of. The sighting was not that of some mish ...

This is the first time that evidence has been found of a neurotoxin being used in mating, rather than for hunting or defense ... But while other octopus species have evolved longer mating arms ...

In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival—those that hunt and those that are hunted. But ...

This Monster Hunter Wilds guide lists each Cephelopod monster in the game and what to expect when you hunt them.

As a consequence they are incredibly productive, providing rich hunting grounds for the octopus but also support vast colonies of fur seals and other predators that are as likely to find the ...