Australian-UK researchers have found that a veined octopus has tool-using abilities after seeing it carry coconut shell halves and, then, assembling the two halves into a shelter. This sophisticated ...

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 ...

'It really is an impenetrable armour. They are so strong when they are inside gripping both sides of the shell with their hundreds of suckers.' If an octopus' garden is of the sandy, desolate variety, ...

These incredible pictures show octopuses making their own mobile homes from discarded coconut shells - in what scientists believe is the first 'intelligent' use of tools by an invertebrate.

An octopus and its coconut-carrying antics have surprised scientists. Underwater footage reveals that the creatures scoop up halved coconut shells before scampering away with them so they can later ...

Octopuses have been observed stacking coconut shells and carrying them around as portable shelters. The eight legged creatures can now be added to the growing list of animals known to display ...

Octopuses collect coconuts from the sea bed and use them as portable shelters, scientists have found in the latest example of animals using tools. Researchers watched as the eight legged creatures, ...

Octopuses are increasingly using human rubbish including glass bottles and plastic cups for shelter instead of sea shells, shocking images reveal. In a new study, researchers in Brazil have complied ...

These five research-backed insights show why the octopus remains one of the most extraordinary minds in the animal kingdom.

An industrious octopus has been caught on video appearing to carry two halves of a coconut across the ocean floor. The medium-sized species was filmed by a diver in Lembeh, Indonesia, in April. The ...