A new study has shed more light on just how alien octopuses are, showcasing unique brain signals scientists don't yet comprehend.

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

Octopuses seem to be particularly prone to alien theories. A new paper proposes—based on an old theory—that octopuses might have cosmic origins. The problem is that all the evidence says they ...

The first observations of octopus brain waves revealed how alien their minds truly are Scientists implanted electrodes into an octopus' head for the first time. It only raised more questions ...

With its incredible intelligence, shape-shifting abilities, and otherworldly appearance, the octopus is unlike any other creature on Earth. Some scientists even speculate that its DNA is so unique ...

Recently, a NOAA-funded expedition encountered a rare undersea “alien” when they stumbled into a Dumbo octopus a mile underwater off the coast of Hawaii.

“My Octopus Teacher,” a recent 2021 Oscar nominee, has captivated audiences during a tumultuous year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

It's unlikely that aliens, should they exist, will have a single brain and walk on two legs like they do in the movies, writes Bob McDonald.

Scientists who study cephalopods and animal welfare are contributing to the idea of alien intelligence and what it means to be self aware.

If we want to think about something more truly alien, the octopus is ideal. Octopuses are distant from us in evolutionary terms, have a nervous system of very different design, and bodies with no ...