Blanket octopuses live in warm oceans across the globe, usually far from shore and far from the sea floor. They belong to the genus Tremoctopus and spend their entire lives in the pelagic zone, where ...

As a creature with no skeleton that’s composed almost entirely of soft muscle, the octopus is pretty fascinating. It’s extremely agile and can squeeze through the smallest of cracks, turn sharply in ...

This predator can dramatically increase its reach by wielding several stinging tentacles in addition to its 8 arms. Managing multiple stinging tentacles at once presents a unique coordination ...