An Octopus cyanea hunts with a blacktip grouper on one side and a blue goatfish on the other. Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that ...

Octopuses and fish are routinely seen working together on the ocean floor, and now scientists say that the cephalopods are the leaders of the pack. By Elizabeth Preston Elizabeth Preston wrote about ...

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Octopuses normally hunt alone, but footage captured by divers has revealed that they can collaborate with fish to find their next meal. The videos, described today in Nature Ecology & Evolution 1, ...

Off the coast of Eilat in Israel, a big blue octopus propels itself forward, flailing its tentacles, with a troop of groupers fish following it. At some point during its hunting trip, the octopus ...

Octopuses are even more sophisticated than we thought. Despite generally being solitary animals, they can work with fish to find prey and recognise which team members aren’t helping. That is the ...

Video from a recent study shows multiple examples of octopuses using their tentacles to punch fish, but it's not part of a sanctioned aquatic boxing match. Instead, researchers said the animals do ...

Octopuses in the Red Sea often hunt together with other predatory fish—and sometimes hit them. New videos suggest they're keeping fish in line. Day octopuses in the Red Sea team up with up fish to ...

Fish and seafood spread with salmon, shrimp, octopus, and oysters - evgeeenius/Shutterstock Many of us love fish and seafood. Tender, briny, and basking in the fresh flavors of the ocean (or lake or ...