To understand the inner details of octopus lives, researchers dived for about a month at a reef off the coast of Eilat, Israel, and tracked 13 octopuses for a total of 120 hours using several cameras.

An octopus cyanea hunting with a blue goatfish, while a blacktip grouper lies in wait. The snout of a cornetfish is also visible on the top of the picture. Credit: Eduardo Sampaio and Simon Gingins.

A team of scientists in the Red Sea captured footage of a big blue octopus hunting with other fish species. Eduardo Sampaio via Campus.Kn. In the waters of the Red Sea, fish and octopuses are ...

When octopuses and fish hunt in groups in the Red Sea, the leadership roles are more dynamic than researchers knew — as are some ways the animals enforce cooperation.

More information: Eduardo Sampaio, Multidimensional social influence drives leadership and composition-dependent success in octopus–fish hunting groups, Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024). DOI ...

The octopus’s hunting was more efficient when it was traveling with fish partners: It checked out fewer crevices, but spent more time at each one, suggesting it was finding prey to slurp up.

Mixed-species hunting packs comprised of octopuses and fish have been observed working together in the wild to improve predation success. It's been thought that the brainy octopuses would ...

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 ...

Octopus seen 'punching' fish to corral them while hunting for food. Watch as an octopus appears to use one of its tentacles to hit fish swimming nearby.