'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, ...

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 ...

AN OCTOPUS has been caught engaging in eight-tentacled warfare, turning a body part into a “gun”. In groundbreaking new footage, a coconut octopus is shown pelting encircling fish with stones, while ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian scientists have discovery an octopus species that carries around coconut shells to hide in when threatened, behavior the researchers said was the first example of ...

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, ...