An Octopus cyanea hunts with a blacktip grouper on one side and a blue goatfish on the other. Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that ...

Video from a recent study shows multiple examples of octopuses using their tentacles to punch fish, but it's not part of a sanctioned aquatic boxing match. Instead, researchers said the animals do ...

Caption: An octopus cyanea hunting with a blacktip grouper on one side and a gold-saddle goatfish (‘blue goatfish’) on the other. An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not ...

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 ...

The Red Sea, sandwiched between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, is teeming with life, including octopuses and more than a thousand species of fish. Every day, the goal of these creatures ...

Mutually beneficial relationships help keep the animal kingdom in harmony. Plover birds walk into the dangerous mouths of crocodiles and feed on decomposing meat inside, keeping the birds full and the ...

Octopuses and fish work together to hunt, but there is no doubt who is in charge, researchers found. Sampaio, E., Sridhar, V.H., Francisco, F.A. et al (2024) Nature Ecology & Evolution Mutually ...