Octopuses can flip from mottled rock to smooth sand in less time than it takes a human to blink, yet their eyes carry only a ...

The findings are the first to quantify how much work goes into switching on chromatophores, the specialized color-changing organs connected to cephalopods’ muscle and nervous systems, which dot the ...

Octopuses are renowned for their instant color-changing abilities, a skill they use to outwit predators and surprise prey. Yet, the energy cost behind this extraordinary camouflage has remained a ...

Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what’s behind the rare ‘bloom’?

In a delightful encounter along a beach in Wales, marine enthusiasts were treated to a rare sighting of a curled octopus. The captivating footage, captured by Ciara Taylor, a project assistant for the ...

An octopus's mesmerizing skin can flit from orange to red in the blink of an eye, partly thanks to a natural pigment called ...

Octopuses have a way of making familiar rules feel optional. They live on Earth but behave like visitors with a different ...

With its eight legs wrapped around itself as if in a hug and its eye pupils narrowed to a slit, the octopus breathes evenly, its body a uniform whitish gray. Moments later it begins to change color -- ...

A video of an octopus changing colors while it sleeps is raising a lot of questions about the mysterious sea creatures. The footage aired in the new PBS documentary titled "Octopus: Making Contact." ...

A wildlife charity has declared 2025 "the Year of the Blooming Octopus" after record numbers were spotted off the south-west ...

Scientists declared 2025, the year of the Blooming Octopus following an unprecedented increase in numbers since 1950.The spotted are Octopus vulgaris, which is a species commonly seen in the warmer ...