Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics—where children's growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients—can get the vitamins and minerals they need from sustainable small-scale octopus ...

Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

The blue-ringed octopus is among the ocean’s most paradoxical animals: small enough to sit in the palm of a hand, usually shy, and yet capable of delivering one of the most potent venoms in the sea.

Among the ocean's most dangerous creatures, size isn't everything; in fact, some of the smallest marine animals are among the most dangerous. For example, the blue-ringed octopus has an extremely ...

As an octopus biologist, I get a call from the media every summer because someone has had an encounter with a blue-ringed octopus. Thankfully, everyone has been OK. Blue-ringed octopus are famed for ...

Scientists working off the coast of Costa Rica say they've discovered the world's third known octopus nursery. The international 18-person research team found the site nearly 2 miles below sea level ...

The Dumbo octopus is known as the cutest octopus in the world because of its pudgy shape and fins that look like gigantic ...