which are unusual for an octopus as most species hunt at night. Once it has caught its prey, usually crabs and clams, the octopus kills it using venom secreted from salivary glands and then cracks ...

Despite generally being solitary animals, they can work with fish to find prey and recognise which team members aren’t helping. That is the conclusion of a study of “hunting packs” that ...

They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world’s largest cities. To control them ...

"One item of prey is not divided, it is taken by whoever catches the prey first!" explains Sampaio. "However, because the interaction between the fish and octopus repeat several times during a hunt, ...

The research, published in the journal Nature on Monday, even suggests that the famously intelligent animals organized the hunting groups’ decisions, including what they should prey upon.