Australian-UK researchers have found that a veined octopus has tool-using abilities after seeing it carry coconut shell halves and, then, assembling the two halves into a shelter. This sophisticated ...

'It really is an impenetrable armour. They are so strong when they are inside gripping both sides of the shell with their hundreds of suckers.' If an octopus' garden is of the sandy, desolate variety, ...

Octopuses collect coconuts from the sea bed and use them as portable shelters, scientists have found in the latest example of animals using tools. Researchers watched as the eight legged creatures, ...

An octopus and its coconut-carrying antics have surprised scientists. Underwater footage reveals that the creatures scoop up halved coconut shells before scampering away with them so they can later ...

While some Web denizens were pulling out their hair over the public option, other dwellers have been blissfully mesmerized by footage of an octopus manipulating coconut shells into a makeshift shelter ...

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

Scientists have documented a likely increase in the use of litter on the ocean floor by octopuses for shelter, findings that may help mitigate the impacts of trash on the cephalopods. The research, ...

Occurred on 2019 / Dauin, Philippines Info from Licensor: "Filmed during a night dive, this nice coconut octopus is trying to ...