Australian-UK researchers have found that a veined octopus has tool-using abilities after seeing it carry coconut shell halves and, then, assembling the two halves into a shelter. This sophisticated ...

Image by LauMarghe The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Italy CC BY 3.0 Image by LauMarghe The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore, Pisa, Italy CC BY 3.0 Using mechanisms inspired by ...

Over the last few years, Virginia Tech scientists have been looking to the octopus for inspiration to design technologies that can better grip a wide variety of objects in underwater environments.

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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Biologists studying the habits of veined octopuses in the waters of ...

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 ...

A video shows a diver in Indonesia spending an entire dive convincing a tiny coconut octopus to swap its plastic cup home for a proper shell.

Using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations is a signature of one Virginia Tech research team. The group led by Associate Professor Michael Bartlett has created an ...