Lurking in the ocean's twilight zone - an area between 650 and 3,000 feet below the surface where light rarely reaches - is the seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus). Also known as the septopus, ...

World Octopus Day 2026 celebrates one of the ocean’s most fascinating animals. Meet the bizarre Dumbo octopus, whose ear-like fins help it survive in the deep sea where sunlight never reaches.

Newswise — More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics accumulate in coastal waters, they continuously leach bioactive ...

Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and eat prey, so marine animals with teeth are not uncommon. Sharks, dolphins, eels, whales, many fish species, and marine mammals like seals and sea lions have ...

By Mongabay.com Happy World Octopus Day! Every Oct 8, the world celebrates one of the more unusual creatures of the sea. Octopuses are well-known for their eight legs and ability to squirt ink when ...

It seems octopuses taste with their arms. To be precise, their suckers are equipped with a mechanism to detect tactile ...

Learn what this seven-armed cephalopod loves to eat and how it catches its prey. Lurking in the ocean’s twilight zone — an area between 650 and 3,000 feet below the surface where light rarely reaches ...