While walking on the beach, you’ll probably run across a sea creature on the shore. Jellyfish, starfish, sand dollars and the occasional octopus wash up on South Carolina beaches all year round. For ...

On certain remote shores in northern Australia, the line between sea and land is not as firm as it looks. When the tide drains away, a small, mottled octopus hauls itself out of the shallows and ...

When I answered the phone, my grandson Parker said, “Hey, Grandpa, guess what I have in my lap?” Knowing even my wildest guess would have virtually no chance of being correct, I simply said, “What?” ...

INVZMAI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "Largely shell-less relatives of clams and snails, the marine mollusks in the class Cephalopoda--Greek for head-foot --are ...

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While some Web denizens were pulling out their hair over the public option, other dwellers have been blissfully mesmerized by footage of an octopus manipulating coconut shells into a makeshift shelter ...