By Davide ManciniPaola Margu ASTURIAS, Spain, and YUCATÁN, Mexico — On a mild February morning, Isaac Blanco quickly places ...

An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not alone. A flurry of fish move alongside it, in a group hunting phenomenon observed in multiple marine locations around the world.

Some members of an octopus species hunt cooperatively in groups with fish, a new study found — an indication that some octopuses have richer social lives than scientists understood.

In what can only be described as Finding Nemo meets Goodfellas, a new study has revealed that Octopus cyanea, also known as ...

As It Happens6:44Octopuses hunt alongside fish, but will wallop them if they fall out of line Despite their reputation as loners, it turns out octopuses will happily hunt in groups with other ...

Why do octopus punch fish? Science has a compelling theory. Octopuses in the Red Sea often hunt together with other predatory fish—and sometimes hit them.

A team at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour from Germany filmed 13 different hunting groups, consisting of octopus and different species of fish, in the Red Sea off the coast of Israel. ...

Video from a recent study shows multiple examples of octopuses using their tentacles to punch fish, but it's not part of a sanctioned aquatic boxing match. Instead, researchers said the animals do ...

The influx has caused problems for the shellfish industry in south-west England because octopus eat crabs and lobsters out of fishing pots. Enterprise skipper George Stevens said he had "done the ...