Sammy Kam Chi-sum, the primary architect of Hong Kong’s contactless Octopus cards, is retiring after nearly 30 years with the company at the end of this month, before what he says is an inevitable ...

An “exceptional” number of Mediterranean Octopus have been spotted along the south coast of England this year, putting on rarely-seen displays in shallow waters. Revered as one of the most intelligent ...

The Last of Us co-director Bruce Straley has described generative AI as "a snake eating its own tail", discussing how easily use of the tech can be misinterpreted. Straley left Naughty Dog back in ...

Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition in Monterey Bay. The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by ...

One of the world's most elusive sea creatures has washed up on a British beach. The septopus - the seven-legged octopus - is a species with eight arms like other types - but in males, one of them is ...

For some of us, the opportunity comes once a year — to try on another look and pretend to be something other than ourselves. But for some species, costumes are an everyday essential, and the stakes ...

The Marvel’s Spider-Man set for Magic: The Gathering is here after months of hype building, and while some cards are already climbing in value, there’s the small matter of, well, playing the game.

Octopuses have eight arms to choose from, but it turns out they might have favorites. In a new study, published in Scientific Reports last week, scientists created a catalog of the animals’ arm ...

All eight arms of an octopus can be used for whatever their cephalopod owner wishes, but some arms are favored for certain tasks. A new, detailed analysis of how octopuses wield their famously ...

University of Iowa researchers outfitted an undewater vehicle to mimic how an octopus uses its skin to move more easily in the water. The tests with an underwater vehicle with raised coils had less ...

So far on Alien: Earth, Noah Hawley has introduced us to four new extraterrestrial species aside from the classic Xenomorph. But after episode four of Alien: Earth, we think the Xeno, designed by the ...