Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...

For decades, breeding octopuses in captivity has proven a fish farming challenge too far, with numerous failed attempts to reproduce cephalopods outside their natural habitat. When Spanish company ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish – even to scientists who study them – are wonderfully weird creatures. Known as the soft-bodied or coleoid cephalopods, they have the largest nervous ...

These eight-legged spineless creatures, one of the most fascinating to inhabit our planet, have been seen in record numbers ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, not the holidays—it’s Cephalopod Week, and SciFri uses any excuse to celebrate the mysterious squid, the charismatic octopus and the cute cuttlefish. If ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Meghana Tummala. Buy this photo. Amid the glitz and glamour of the 93rd Academy Awards, ...

Morphing and malleable, the octopus has always been a cosmic creature. With the ability to press its gelatinous girth through the tiniest rocky crevice, this cephalopod has inspired terrifying legends ...

Scientists have unveiled a synthetic skin inspired by octopus camouflage that is capable of changing colour and texture, opening up potential uses from robotics to display technologies. Researchers ...

An ancient cephalopod fossil may be about to rewrite the history of octopuses and vampire squid, but it depends on who you ask. At the very least, it’s offering up a lesson in how hard it is to ...

Synthetic cephalopod skin could be used in architecture and computer displays as well as background-matching subterfuge ...

This east Pacific red octopus is in the same family as squid, cuttlefish — and kraken. (UW Laboratory of Comparative Systems Neuroscience Photo) With Seattle Kraken hockey franchise making its NHL ...