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Rare Discovery: Tropical Octopus Caught in Los Angeles
By Becky Oskin published
Female argonaut recuperating in marine aquarium.
Octopus Foils Predators by Stealing Identities
By Jennifer Welsh published
An octopus will turn itself into a conch shell or coral reef to avoid being eaten.
How Octopi Deal With Chilly Waters
By Jennifer Welsh published
Instead of changing their genes, octopi 'edit' their RNA intermediates to survive in colder waters.
Tiny Fish Filmed Mimicking Octopus That Mimics Fish
By Charles Q. Choi published
A circular game of copycat under the sea.
Smithsonian's New Giant Pacific Octopus Named
By Live Science Staff published
New name matches the octopus's curious nature.
Transparent Octopus Goes Opaque in Blink of an Eye
By Stephanie Pappas published
Some octopus and squid species can go from clear to opaque in an instant.
Squidward, It's You! An Octopus Knows Who's Who
By Wynne Parry published
It's not clear how, but an octopus can remember other octopuses.
Mystery of the Floating Octopus Solved
By Wynne Parry published
A female argonaut octopus traps air in her paper shell to control her buoyancy, research shows.
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