Researchers unveil octopus-inspired smart skin that hides images, changes shape, and encodes data via 4D printing.

The hydrogel behaves like a programmable canvas. Rather than using traditional pigments, researchers embedded data directly ...

This alien and extraordinarily intimate image provides a rare glimpse of a Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) mother and her potential offspring at the Blue Heron Bridge dive area, off ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In December 2025, social media users shared an image of a frightful monster from the deep. The image, which appeared to show a ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

(Top image) A re-created example of an ancient octopus lure from Tonga housed at the Pitt Rivers Museum in England. The lure is made from two cowrie shells, each with drilled holes, bound to a stone ...

An image shared online in December 2025 was an authentic drone picture of a gargantuan octopus spotted in the Gulf of Mexico. One popular post (archived) described the octopus as 50 feet across and ...