The coconut octopus in this video from furbabiesplus looks like a walking squirt gun. A curious Husky trying to take a closer look at this remarkable creature gets a snout full of water for his effort ...

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One pint-sized ocean rescue has been stealing hearts online for nearly a decade — and may even have the power to change how you think about plastic pollution. In a YouTube video that has racked up ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Biologists studying the habits of veined octopuses in the waters of ...

While some Web denizens were pulling out their hair over the public option, other dwellers have been blissfully mesmerized by footage of an octopus manipulating coconut shells into a makeshift shelter ...

SYDNEY — Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter — unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A clever octopus made headlines earlier this ...

Berkeley -- Two species of tropical octopus have learned a neat trick to avoid predators - they lift up six of their arms and walk backward on the other two. This first report of bipedal behavior in ...