This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In most octopus species it’s customary after sex for the female to make a meal—of her partner. To avoid being eaten ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... through to send baby argonauts out into the world. This octopus species lives in open water in Earth’s tropical ...

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species. The size record is held by a specimen that was 30 feet across and weighed more than 600 pounds. Averages are ...

Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world’s oddest couples. What’s so startling is the size difference: Males are about the size of a walnut—less than an inch long—but some ...

Add in the octopus’s small size (generally around eight inches), relatively short arms, bell-shaped body, pale coloring, and tendency to hover over the seafloor, and you’ve got a cephalopod ...

This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... and any hard material—like its namesake, the octopus, which has no internal skeleton. A Harvard University research ...

Opinion - Why People Should Stop Eating Octopus. The Case for Ceasing Octopus Consumption: Ethical, Environmental, and ...

Curious, you flip it over. A row of suckers. A pair of eyes. An octopus. In particular, Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus. Its common name comes from its habit of hiding ...

These are the weird reasons octopuses change shape and color These are the weird reasons octopuses change shape and color Octopus caught defending its space—by throwing things Octopus caught ...

The octopus is having its moment, and for good reason: According to recent research—laid out so vividly in the National Geographic documentary “Secrets of the Octopus”—the eight-legged ...

Paul Rudd has been tapped to narrate "Secrets of the Octopus," the third installment of National Geographic's "Secrets Of…" franchise. "Secrets of the Octopus" premieres on Earth Day ...

These are the weird reasons octopuses change shape and color These are the weird reasons octopuses change shape and color An octopus invited this writer into her tank—and her secret world An ...