Scientists are studying how the argonaut octopus evolved the ability to produce a floating shell-like structure to care for its offspring. By Sofia Quaglia Argonauta Argo is not a typical octopus.

A video shows a diver in Indonesia spending an entire dive convincing a tiny coconut octopus to swap its plastic cup home for a proper shell.

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Argonauta Argo is an octopus but not quite the typical one. Even the sound of its name suggests that it is more intriguing than you would expect. The female species can create a protective shell for ...

A shellfish caught by a fisherman in Suruga Bay, Japan, was not what it first appeared, according to Storyful Video shows an octopus emerge from a shell and then leap off the side of a boat to return ...

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