Named after the Disney character Dumbo the elephant because of its ear-like fins, is a unique and intriguing species of ...

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This octopus species lives in open water in Earth ... of an inch long—while the female can be up to 30 times his size. She has two specialized dorsal arms that secrete a chalky substance ...

Video from a recent study shows multiple examples of octopuses using their tentacles to punch fish, but it's not part of a sanctioned aquatic boxing match. Instead, researchers said the animals do ...

Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting ...

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution lifts the veil on what happens when octopuses and fish hunt together. As it turns out, this cross-species relationship is more complex than ...