This octopus has devised an ingenious way to create a moveable shelter by assembling two halves of a coconut shell. - [Narrator] Our understanding of octopus intelligence took another leap forward ...

The whole process is rather a tricky one; in order to move the shells, an octopus must first stack them, then wrap its body over them before ‘[trundling] along on its arm tips until a predator ...

Scientists in Australia filmed an octopus swimming across the ocean floor with discarded coconuts for shelter. Another octopus shoveled mud out of two coconut halves and hid inside the sphere.

In the new Netflix documentary "Our Oceans," stunning footage captured a coconut octopus using its siphon to shoot stones at predatory fish while hiding inside a clamshell—a behavior never ...

The veined octopus uses coconut shells for defence, carrying them along in a comical stilt-walking style and using them to encase itself in times of trouble.

The veined octopus has been spotted lugging around coconut shells to serve as mobile shelters, the first time scientists have observed tool use in an invertebrate species.

The octopus's behavior in the video resembles another octopus we wrote about in 2015, which carried two halves of a coconut shell across the sea floor.

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 ...

Many animals go to great lengths to attract a mate. This goal is especially challenging for a solitary animal, such as the octopus, living in the large, lonely ocean. Another major disadvantage ...

Some even put on light shows with glow-in-the-dark tentacles! ... In 1999, scientists announced that they had accidentally discovered an octopus that has glow-in-the-dark tentacles.