To build their visual dictionary, the researchers examined two hours of video footage each of 25 wild octopuses in a variety ...

Researchers have compiled the first complete catalog of octopus arm movements from 25 wild octopuses filmed in their natural habitats.

When octopuses move across the seafloor, they can use multiple arms to camouflage from predators. These strong arms are also used for building dens, chucking shells, competing for mates, and more.

Scientists have discovered that octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they more often use their front arms for tasks. A ...

Octopuses are ambidextrous, a new study finds, but they favor their front arms for investigating surroundings and their back arms for locomotion.

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

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