Researchers off the coast of New Zealand caught a rare sight on camera - an octopus hitching a ride on the back of an ...

Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world ... Mating happens at arm’s length for the four species of these cephalopods. The tiny male detaches its hectocotylus—a modified arm ...

It's important to minimize our impact on these habitats, so that we don't damage species or lose them entirely – before we even really knew them.' A common fangtooth, a companion of the Dumbo octopus ...

An octopus hitched a ride on the back of a mako shark in extraordinary nature footage released by the University of Auckland.

This practice is especially common in animals ... Unlike some species’ males who willingly allow themselves to be eaten, the male blue-lined octopus isn’t too thrilled by the prospect.