Rather than pouncing on its prey, the larger Pacific striped octopus extends a tentacle and taps its victim, startling it into the octopus's deadly embrace. (Video courtesy Roy Caldwell ...

Octopuses are usually considered to be solitary creatures, but new research suggests they might sometimes socialise with fish ...

Teamwork Beneath the Waves New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution studied how the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and several fish species coordinate their hunting efforts to catch ...

The multicolored cells you see here make up a sucker on an octopus’s arm. Octopuses use these suckers to grasp prey, latch onto underwater surfaces, and even defend themselves from predators. The ...

It also has a bizarre technique of hunting prey—it will tear off jellyfish tentacles to fish for food. The blanket octopus possesses the largest sex size discrepancy among all animals.

When they pounce on their prey, they spread their webbed arms around their target, enclosing it to prevent it from escaping, and swallow it whole ...

North Pacific giant octopus hug massive crab, such as snow crabs, to paralyze them instantly. Then they use their suckers to crush their prey to pieces before enjoying the feast. The octopus's ...