A mother octopus broods her eggs near a small outcrop of rock unofficially called El Dorado Hill. When a female octopus broods (which can be a timespan of multiple years), she does not eat and dies ...

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome. That's a big deal given that scientists didn't know until now if these oddball ...

Times of San Diego will send you the top local and state news at 8 a.m., 365 days a year. Sign up Octopus eggs with eye spots before hatching. Photo by Adi Khen The chance rescue of a deep-sea octopus ...

The chance rescue of a deep-sea octopus from a line trap gave researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego the opportunity to make unprecedented observations. This particular ...

On May 8, 2025, the nature documentary Octopus! was released on Prime. The underwater documentary, produced and narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, tells the fascinating story of an octopus’s incredible ...

Unusual octopus mating session captured in rare and comical footage filmed off the Indonesian island of Bunaken for new National Geographic show. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Two miles below the ocean surface off Monterey, California, warm water percolates from the seafloor at the base of an underwater mountain. It’s a magical place, especially if you’re an octopus. We now ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus beloved by aquarium visitors, is entering senescence, the final stage of her life.