THIS is the horrific moment an aggressive octopus latches onto a snorkeler and nearly strangles him after its home was ...

Researchers off the coast of New Zealand caught a rare sight on camera - an octopus hitching a ride on the back of an ...

This is the terrifying moment an aggressive octopus latches onto a snorkeller and nearly strangles him after its home was ...

Some scientists claim that octopuses could be the next big species after humans go extinct and that there is much to learn ...

new research indicates it’s part of everyday courtship for the eight-limbed mollusks. And in the case of the male blue-lined octopus, his neurotoxin supply serves as a defensive mechanism ...

earlier this month - then escalated as the snorkeler realised he could not detach from the tough marine mollusc. He struggled to pull the octopus off, which only made the sea animal tighten its ...

"We can now provide a clearer picture of the probable ancestor of all mollusks, from the garden snail to a deep-sea octopus," says researcher Zeyuan Chen, first author of the paper and ...

A snorkeler was nearly strangled to death by an octopus after he poked it and disturbed the sea creature's home while on a ...