The high-tech carbon fiber helmet is destined to replace older models that have been in military service for around four decades.

Researchers studying a deep-sea octopus called Muusoctopus robustus have found thousands of the animals congregating at hydrothermal springs near an underwater mountain off California, raising fresh ...

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Sea Star: Sea stars can detach and sometimes consume damaged arms to recycle nutrients. This behaviour may occur when food is scarce or injury happens. Sea stars can regenerate lost limbs, consuming ...

Jakob Schiller puts one of his favorite Arc'teryx jackets to the test during a winter excursion with his dogs. For Schiller, the high price tag of this technical outerwear is justified by its ...

A boom in the population of common octopus in Guernsey waters has wiped more than £500,000 off the value of local shellfish landings in a year, according to a new report. The study by the UK Marine ...

Octopus is back on the policy menu for Washington state lawmakers. A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus advanced out of the House Agriculture and ...

Octopus is back on the policy menu for Washington state lawmakers. A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport and distribution of farmed octopus advanced out of the House Agriculture and Natural ...

Some octopuses have incredible camouflaging abilities. Victor Micallef via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Octopuses and cuttlefish are sneaky sea creatures. To hide from predators and surprise ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do the same. Cephalopods like the giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) ...

Researchers collected detailed observations about the seldom-spotted sea critter during the rare encounter on Nov. 6 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...