Blanket octopuses are extremely rare, having been seen only a handful of times in the past decade. It is not a single species ...

Marine biologists have known for a long time that certain species of octopus punch fish. Octopus cyanea are a species of ...

World Octopus Day highlights the complexities of protecting marine animals as environmental threats like climate change ...

The bill protects octopuses from aquaculture, an environment that the "intelligent creatures" don't belong in, said ...

An adhesive inspired by octopus suckers is capable of quickly gripping and releasing challenging underwater objects.

New adhesive system could be powerful tool for underwater salvage, rescue operations.

On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan bill that criminalizes the farming of octopuses for human ...

Scientists are using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations. A team has now created an octopus-inspired adhesive, inspired by the shape of octopus suckers, that can ...

Using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations is a signature of one Virginia Tech research team. The group led by ...

Virginia Tech researchers have developed technology inspired by octopus suckers that enables precise underwater gripping and ...

“These types of manipulations are performed by an octopus as they arrange objects around their den,” said Lee. “This demonstration highlights the ability of the octopus-inspired adhesive to ...

The California Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses Act was signed into law Sunday prohibiting octopus farming on land and water as well as the sale of farmed octopuses statewide.