A widely shared video shows divers off Lembeh, Indonesia, persuading a coconut octopus to abandon a dangerous plastic cup for a protective shell. The rescue, filmed in 2018 and viewed over 20 million ...

In a YouTube video that has racked up more than 20 million views since it was posted in 2019, a small coconut octopus can be ...

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

Octopuses are masters of camouflage that can change their shape, colour and texture to perfectly blend into their environment. But the soft bodies that make them such excellent con artists also make ...

Sydney, Australia — Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter - unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first ...

SYDNEY, Australia | Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter - unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first ...

SYDNEY — Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter — sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use ...

Tools aren’t just for vertebrates anymore. The veined octopus has been spotted lugging around coconut shells to serve as mobile shelters, the first time scientists have observed tool use in an ...

PARIS, June 3 (UPI) --An octopus was caught on camera doing its best turtle impression by carrying a coconut casing across the ocean floor and climbing inside it for a rest. The video, shared on ...