A team of researchers from Spain and Australia studying the venom of the Australian southern sand octopus has identified a compound that may significantly slow cancer growth and help fight drug ...

The southern sand octopus has taken hide-and-seek to a whole new level. It shoots jets of water into the seafloor creating quicksand that allows it to vanish. A skilled architect, the octopus can ...

The miracle of life is a wondrous thing and this video of a baby octopus being born is nothing short of awe-inspiring. The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center welcomed the eight-armed baby ...

The southern sand octopus is thought to lack colour changing organs, known as chromatophores, which other octopus species use to camouflage themselves from predators. It instead uses this ...

(CNN) — The miracle of life is a wondrous thing and this video of a baby octopus being born is nothing short of awe-inspiring. The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center welcomed the eight ...

Research on the southern sand octopus has uncovered a compound in its venom that shows real promise in slowing the growth of cancerous melanoma cells. Image credit: Sheree Marris Scientists have even ...

Video captures the moments the animal with a sphere-like head used its arms to glide across the sand ... octopus was definitely a surprise!” The sighting was in Topsail Beach, on the southern ...

With an arm-span of up to 3m, the The Maori octopus is the largest octopus in the Southern Hemisphere. Like most octopuses it is a solitary animal that is thought to be extremely intelligent.