The algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus), also called the prickly octopus, lives in the Indo-West Pacific. Despite its modest size — its mantle (main body) is only 3 inches long with arms stretching up ...

Some scientists have already made the argument that octopuses might be aliens. While the claim seems a bit out of this world, new research into their brains continues to show just how alien the ...

In the past, a number of news outlets have run stories that seemed to imply that octopuses are aliens. As in, the kind from outer space. Yahoo! News ran with the headline “Octopus genetic code reveals ...

Marine life is indeed extremely interesting and unusual. Nevertheless, some animals in the oceans look really weird and ...

The octopus certainly does look strange, with bugged-out eyes, suction-cup tentacles, and the ability to change color for camouflage. But a new paper in a peer-reviewed scientific journal posits that ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

The mind of the octopus is so different than human intelligence, some people are studying it to see what alien intelligence might look like. The mind of the octopus is so different from human ...