Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remember My Octopus Teacher? The 2020 Netflix doco, which captured a lonely South African man, who hops in the ocean every day, ...

The cephalopods team up with a variety of fish for hunting, and that results in some complex relationship dynamics that can include violence. Reading time 3 minutes Octopuses are leaders of fish, but ...

Upsetting but strangely satisfying new research documents octopuses punching fish during collaborative feeding sessions. The octopuses primarily do it for practical reasons, but sometimes these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The above-average intelligence that octopi possess is displayed in myriad ways, from their problem-solving capabilities to their ...

Day Octopus punches the fish who do not contribute to find prey. (Image: Eduardo Sampaio) Day octopus punches fish that don't help during joint hunts Octopus teams up with groupers and goatfish to ...

The solitary cephalopods occasionally join a hunting party with fish, then lash out for reasons that scientists are studying. By Elizabeth Preston The first time Eduardo Sampaio saw an octopus wind up ...

These socktopuses throw a mean — and random — octopunch. A new paper published Friday in the journal Ecology has found that octopuses punch fish — sometimes to ensure collaborative hunting, and ...

Octopuses are some of the smartest invertebrates in the animal kingdom, with an exceptional ability to solve problems, use tools, and recognize their surroundings and individual people. Over the years ...

Along with being brilliant problem solvers, it turns out octopuses are also excellent underwater brawlers. Even when they’re only babies. Now, a team of scientists says it’s documented another octopus ...