The Carnarvon Flapjack Octopus is a small, soft-bodied deep-sea species that reaches about 4 centimeters across. A new ...

They found that while each octopus arm can perform all types of movements, there is a clear division of functional roles among them. The forearms are responsible for exploring and sensing the ...

The cephalopods appear to favor using their front arms, according to a new study, though their back arms help with locomotion ...

Humans may be right-handed or left-handed. It turns out octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they do tend to perform some ...

When octopuses move across the seafloor, they can use multiple arms to camouflage from predators. These strong arms are also ...

Octopuses are among the most neurologically complex invertebrates, famed for their extraordinary dexterity. Their eight arms ...

Octopus arms are one of the most flexible structures known in all of the biological world. Their agility is so extraordinary ...

Research showed that all eight arms of an octopus are capable of performing any task their cephalopod owner wishes, but some ...

An Octopus cyanea hunts with a blacktip grouper on one side and a blue goatfish on the other. Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that ...

Ghost the giant Pacific octopus has been a viral sensation since her arrival at the Aquarium of the Pacific in California ...

News of the approaching demise of Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, prompted an ...