While the claim seems a bit out of this world, new research into their brains continues to show just how alien the octopus is, even if it doesn’t end up being of extraterrestrial origins.

Kat Zhou has won the Aquatic Life category in the 2025 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition, while a shot of a ...

Normally when you see a story about someone claiming that aliens are hanging out here on Earth its origins can be traced to a misguided conspiracy theorist or crackpot ranting on YouTube.

Part of the octopus’ charm is in its contradictions: they are surprisingly alien-looking, yet express so much curiosity and problem-solving prowess — human traits if there ever were any.

Recently, a NOAA-funded expedition encountered a rare undersea “alien” when. In the science fiction horror Europa Report (streaming now on Peacock), ...

Everything about the octopus seems strange — unworldly, even, as some have suggested — compared to other life forms on Earth. Their evolutionary history is thought to go back 330 million years ...