Recent reports highlight two extremes of animal capabilities — the blue-ringed octopus, a tiny but lethally venomous marine creature, and a range of species displaying remarkable intelligence. From ...

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

Among the ocean's most dangerous creatures, size isn't everything; in fact, some of the smallest marine animals are among the ...

A hefty hippo death toll. To be clear, the (Hippopotamus amphibius) is far from the deadliest animal in the world. That would be mosquitos, thanks to the many dangero ...

The tiny blue-ringed octopus may seem ordinary in the ocean, but its size can be quite deceiving, as it theoretically has ...

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to ...