Like humans, octopuses can fall for the rubber hand illusion and believe that a fake arm is theirs. This suggests they have a ...

Fascinated by what the sea creatures might think, feel and like, Japanese artist Shimabuku documented their reactions to experiences, such as being given specially crafted artworks.

The trick that plays with awareness of one’s own limb appeared to fool all six of the cephalopods tested in a series of ...

BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese marine researchers have discovered a new species of deep-sea octopus, which they have named Grimpoteuthis feitiana. The species belongs to the Dumbo octopus family ...

Scientists discover octopuses fall for fake rubber hand illusion, revealing shared body awareness across species.

Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living things, including humans. Tetrodotoxin is most famously known from pufferfish — ...

Researchers teach bees to recognize faces and test the spatial thinking of octopuses. What appears playful at first glance ...

Atlantis is almost certainly a mythical land that never truly existed. But the same cannot be said for Octlantis. This ...

The octopuses used in the study were collected from the seabed around Antarctica. Nerida Wilson/University of Western Australia Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

The find is the largest known aggregation of octopuses on the planet — researchers counted more than 6,000 octopuses in just one segment of the site. “We think there may be 20,000 octopus there.

As octopuses grow, the company said, they're shifted to differently sized pools. The company also points to support for its plan from scientific research centers in Spain, Portugal and Mexico.

Injured octopuses learned to prefer an alternative chamber, where local anaesthetic was available. This anaesthetic silenced nerve activity between the injury site and the brain.