Octopuses are extraordinary creatures, and their blue blood is just one of the many unusual aspects of their biology. That means there's a huge part of the ocean, over 95% that are yet to be explored.

Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most elegant solutions to life in extreme environments. Here’s how evolution rewrote the rules of oxygen transport.

BOSTON (AP) — Mythology and superstition have portrayed octopuses as alien beings or evil creatures dwelling in the terrifying dark depths of oceans. Little wonder, considering they are a bit unusual.

Octopuses change color to camouflage themselves from predators such as stingrays and eels. Octopuses have even been observed changing color in their sleep. Octopus's color-changing ability is known as ...

The findings are the first to quantify how much work goes into switching on chromatophores, the specialized color-changing organs connected to cephalopods’ muscle and nervous systems, which dot the ...

In a delightful encounter along a beach in Wales, marine enthusiasts were treated to a rare sighting of a curled octopus. The captivating footage, captured by Ciara Taylor, a project assistant for the ...

PBS has released a fascinating video clip from an upcoming documentary which shows an octopus changing color multiple times in its sleep. The sequence features in Octopus: Making Contact, which will ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Octopuses are known for their astonishing ability to rapidly shift their skin color and texture, ...

Octopuses are extraordinary creatures, and their blue blood is just one of the many unusual aspects of their biology. Did you know that an octopus has blue blood [Jsim] The ocean covers more than 70% ...