Researchers studying a deep-sea octopus called Muusoctopus robustus have found thousands of the animals congregating at ...

Over the last few years, Virginia Tech scientists have been looking to the octopus for inspiration to design technologies that can better grip a wide variety of objects in underwater environments.

Image by LauMarghe The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Italy CC BY 3.0 Image by LauMarghe The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Italy CC BY 3.0 Using mechanisms inspired by ...

This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently — even a view of its innards — when an underwater robot filmed it ...

Imagine four skyscrapers the height of Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, stacked on top of one another. That's almost the height of an underwater mountain newly discovered and mapped by ...

Octopuses, long considered solitary creatures, are now engaging in complex, cooperative hunting behavior with fish, displaying shared leadership and sophisticated teamwork, according to a new study ...

Further proof that cephalopods are intelligent: This octopus stole a diver’s brand-new videocamera then recorded a high-speed chase where the diver tried (and eventually succeeded) in getting his ...

Using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations is a signature of one Virginia Tech research team. The group led by Associate Professor Michael Bartlett has created an ...