This story was originally broadcast January 12, 2020. It's one of the most bizarre creatures on Earth, and not just because it looks so different. The octopus can camouflage itself in a flash ...

For starters, the DNA of an octopus contains nearly 10,000 more gene codes than that of a human. Various clusters of these gene codes perform different tasks—and octopus genes are specially ...

Octopuses have many amazing abilities and characteristics; they have huge brains and can solve puzzles; their ink can ...

Two years ago, a PBS documentary video showed an octopus named Heidi in what appeared to be an active dream state. Her arms twitched as she slumbered, and her skin flipped wildly through all sorts ...

Octopuses edit their RNA to adapt to fluctuating temperatures, from the warm waters of summer to chilly ocean temperatures in winter.

That’s where the punches come in, “where different Octopus cyanea individuals engage in active displacement [i.e. punching the fish away] of partner fish during collaborative hunting ...

Cephalopods have colour-changing chromatophores on their skin, which allows them to camouflage themselves — but the blue-ringed octopus has a different trick up its tentacle.

Look at this octopod. Just look at it. In theory, octopi are cute. In reality, octopi are like scary spiders-of-the-sea. But this guy — this guy’s an exception. He’s different. The new ...