From baboon to box jellyfish, here are 25 animals beginning with the letter B ...

The octopus uses the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX), one of the deadliest toxins on Earth. The neurotoxin prevents communication signals from travelling between nerve endings and muscles by blocking ...

This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses in all of the ocean.

The story of haint blue stretches back centuries to South Carolina’s Lowcountry and Georgia, where porch ceilings were painted a soft, watery blue to ward off spirits. Originating with the Gullah ...

SAN DIEGO — A blue whale spotted seven miles southwest of Point Loma Monday marks an unusually early arrival for the species. San Diego Whale Watch captured the whale on video during a field trip ...

Underwater metal detecting often looks calm, controlled, and safe. But hidden among rocks and shells are some of the most venomous creatures on the planet, including the blue-ringed octopus. In one ...

Octopuses’ earliest relatives that lived 100 million years ago may have been "gigantic" predators that hunted alongside dinosaurs, according to new research. Although scientists previously believed ...

It was more than it was Kraken-ed up to be. An octopus the size of the Hollywood Sign might seem like a monster from Greek mythology. However, new fossil evidence reveals that massive “kraken”-like ...

'We show that these animals reached total lengths of up to nearly 20 metres, which may have surpassed the size of large marine reptiles' You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign ...

Unlike most of its invertebrate peers, octopuses gave up protective shells... But it seems that the sacrifice was totally worth it. Reading time 2 minutes Hundreds of millions of years ago, life ...