The California two-spot octopus is a solitary creature. How exactly they manage to find suitable mates has been one of the ocean’s best-kept secrets. Now scientists have discovered that male octopuses ...

In a darkened tank divided by a barrier, a male octopus extends one arm through a narrow opening, probing the space beyond. On the other side, a female remains out of view. The two animals never fully ...

Sex might seem an intimate act, but scientists have shed fresh light on how octopuses manage it at arm’s length. Male octopuses use a specialised arm called the hectocotylus to place a package of ...

This is a touching boy-meets-girl story about the octopus. A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a “taste by touch” sensory system and even can ...