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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These five research-backed insights show why the octopus ...

Octopuses are widely known for their intelligence, including problem-solving, tool use, and complex hunting behavior. For ...

We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.

Videos of octopuses solving puzzles and escaping from jars have long fascinated people — from the safety of dry land, of course. But under the sea, octopuses’ deadly intelligence makes them one of the ...