Critics offer many arguments against raising octopuses for food, including possible releases of waste, antibiotics or ...

More accurate measures may include the size, neuron count or surface area of specific brain structures thought to be ...

This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In most octopus species it’s customary after sex for the female to make a meal—of her partner. To avoid being eaten ...

Octopuses have a large nervous system, with the average octopus having about 500 million neurons or brain cells. That puts it in the same “brain range” as smaller mammals such as dogs.

In “The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus,” a college student balances her new independence while investigating the demise of ...