At first glance, this small octopus appears harmless, even endearing. Beneath that appearance lies a biological defense ...

What Glenn Johnson initially mistook for rubbish floating in knee-deep water at Lorne Beach on Tuesday turned out to be an extraordinary find — a living Southern Argonaut octopus that squirted him ...

The algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus), also called the prickly octopus, lives in the Indo-West Pacific. Despite its modest size — its mantle (main body) is only 3 inches long with arms stretching up ...

Cold spray whipped off the ropes as a diesel engine throbbed in the background. One by one, empty shellfish pots came over the side of the fishing boat, occasionally containing the remnants of crab ...