A female octopus throws debris that hits a male attempting to mate with her. The material thrown is silt, vigor is high, and thrower’s coloration pattern is dark uniform. Credit: Godfrey-Smith et al., ...

Octopuses, which are remarkably intelligent marine creatures, generally avoid contact with other animals and are thought to live solitary lives. However, the situation is quite different 50 feet below ...

For the first time, octopuses have been spotted throwing things — at each other. Octopuses are known for their solitary nature, but in Jervis Bay, Australia, the gloomy octopus (Octopus tetricus) ...

Scientists studying the behavior of wild octopuses off the coast of Australia have made a strange discovery, with the creatures caught hurling silt, algae and even shells at one another. The finding ...

The more scientists study octopuses, the more we learn how fascinating these creatures really are. Octopuses are incredibly intelligent, displaying all kinds of amazing behavior like completing ...

Don’t make me come back there! Scientists have observed octopuses acting like siblings in the backseat of a car on a long road trip, throwing things at each other and playing the “I’m not touching you ...

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Anyone who was glued to the World Series will know how important throwing things is to human life. What's the game without a pitch, right? But only a handful of animals are known to chuck objects, ...

Two octopuses were recorded throwing shells, algae and debris at each other in Jarvis Bay, Australia on Nov. 11. The female octopus attempts to stop an encounter from a potential mate. She repeatedly ...

Source: Niki Hubbard, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 4.0 license. Octopuses are usually thought of as loners. But recent research suggests that some species show a variety of social ...