OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – A Washington state panel on Friday prohibited the recreational hunting of giant Pacific octopuses at seven popular scuba diving sites in the Puget Sound region, following an ...

Octopuses typically have eight limbs that are called arms. Because the limbs have suction cups for its entire length, they are called arms instead of tentacles. Octopus arms can help the sea creatures ...

Scientists surveying marine life near Rotuma in the South Pacific caught something unexpected on camera: a day octopus appeared to punch a grouper fish on the seafloor. As strange as it sounds, this ...

Scientists have discovered that octopuses punch fish during cooperative hunts, possibly to punish freeloaders. The bizarre ...