Scientists are studying how the argonaut octopus evolved the ability to produce a floating shell-like structure to care for its offspring. By Sofia Quaglia Argonauta Argo is not a typical octopus.

A video taken during a dive in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, shows an aggressive coconut octopus walking across the ocean floor with the bivalve shell it uses for protection and lurching at the person ...

Argonauta Argo is an octopus but not quite the typical one. Even the sound of its name suggests that it is more intriguing than you would expect. The female species can create a protective shell for ...

Deep within the ocean, some self-taught home decorators and interior designers build sustainable fortresses for themselves and their families. Nestling in deep-sea trenches, hidden crevices, and rocky ...

Contorting, shape-shifting, camouflaging—often all at once—octopuses are as diverse as they are fascinating. Here six octopuses show their stuff. You’re sitting on the seabed, just off the coast of ...