Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what’s behind the rare ‘bloom’?

These five research-backed insights show why the octopus remains one of the most extraordinary minds in the animal kingdom.

By combining custom engineering with behavioral science, Swedish YouTuber Mattias Krantz taught an octopus named Tako to play the piano.

Octopuses possess great problem-solving skills (such as opening jars and untying knots), and are champions of camouflaging.

Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass. Should they serve as menu items, too? Whether stuffed into ...

A creature of soft body, eight arms with one brilliant brain, short lived creature, yet it thinks in a certain way that rivals some mammals. It's an octopus that has around 500 million neurons which ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...