KHQ - A video showing an octopus dragging two halves of a coconut shell across the ocean floor has gone viral. After carrying the shell for some time, the octopus then stops, and climbs inside the two ...

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 ...

PARIS, June 3 (UPI) --An octopus was caught on camera doing its best turtle impression by carrying a coconut casing across the ocean floor and climbing inside it for a rest. The video, shared on ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Biologists studying the habits of veined octopuses in the waters of ...

NGINAMANU, Indonesia, April 28 (UPI) --A clever octopus in Indonesian waters was caught on video showing off its ability to roll along the ocean floor using two coconut halves. The video, filmed near ...

An octopus can be pretty resourceful -- just check out this one carrying a coconut across the ocean floor. It's barely bigger than the coconut and it's using some of its tentacles to hold onto the ...

Scientists once thought of tool use as a defining feature of humans. That's until examples of tool use came in from other primates, along with birds and an array of other mammals. Now, a report in the ...