Tools aren’t just for vertebrates anymore. The veined octopus has been spotted lugging around coconut shells to serve as mobile shelters, the first time scientists have observed tool use in an ...

An octopus was captured on video carrying two halves of a broken coconut shell across the ocean floor, then assembling them around itself. It may be evidence that the creatures are intelligent enough ...

Octopuses are masters of camouflage that can change their shape, colour and texture to perfectly blend into their environment. But the soft bodies that make them such excellent con artists also make ...