Videos of octopuses solving puzzles and escaping from jars have long fascinated people — from the safety of dry land, of course. But under the sea, octopuses’ deadly intelligence makes them one of the ...

What animal has blue blood, three hearts and can change color and shape within three-tenths of a second? The same animal has venom like a snake, a beak like a parrot and ink like a pen. It is an ...

TACOMA, Wash. -- What started as an amusing photo op with an octopus ended with a trip to the emergency room for one Washington state woman. She said she'd think twice before letting a creature so ...

A Washington state woman was bitten by an octopus as she placed the creature on her face for a photo opportunity last week. Fishing guide Jamie Bisceglia, 45, landed in the hospital after she held the ...

What a Washington woman hoped would make a great photo for a competition won her hospital admittance, instead. A fisherman caught a young giant Pacific octopus while Jamie Bisceglia was participating ...

Octopus mating behaviors can be quite deadly. Many species are cannibalistic, making the entire prospect of mating dangerous, and female octopuses often die after laying one clutch of eggs. Their ...

Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and eat prey, so marine animals with teeth are not uncommon. Sharks, dolphins, eels, whales, many fish species, and marine mammals like seals and sea lions have ...

If you thought a giant octopus clutching you with its eight arms was the stuff of nightmares, think again. A diver from Mayak Gamov, Russia, was exploring the Sea of Japan when the massive mollusk ...

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