SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian scientists have discovery an octopus species that carries around coconut shells to hide in when threatened, behavior the researchers said was the first example of ...

Someone's thrash is another one's treasure - this old saying has an entirely different meaning for an octopus.

Octopuses have been observed carrying coconut shells in what researchers claim is the first recorded example of tool use in invertebrates. “This octopus behaviour was totally unexpected,” says Julian ...

A video of divers persuading a coconut octopus to trade a dangerous plastic cup for a shell has resurfaced online, drawing over 20 million views. Filmed off Lembeh, Indonesia, in 2018, the rescue ...