These five research-backed insights show why the octopus remains one of the most extraordinary minds in the animal kingdom.

Octopuses possess great problem-solving skills (such as opening jars and untying knots), and are champions of camouflaging.

Octopuses are capable of sophisticated tasks, from solving puzzles to decorating their dens to remembering people's faces. So when a company in Spain announced that it wanted to commercially farm ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renewable energy retailer Octopus Energy today announced the launch of Intelligent Octopus, its first-ever integrated demand response, fixed-rate plan that rewards customers ...

Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass. Should they serve as menu items, too? Whether stuffed into ...

Swedish YouTuber Mattias Krantz is known for his unconventional musical projects, but his latest feat takes things to a whole new level. He spent six months investigating whether an octopus — a highly ...

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