An octopus wraps around a diver’s leg during this dive. The contact is unexpected and firm. Movement slows to prevent distress. Octopus behavior is exploratory, not hostile. The moment requires ...

In December 2025, social media users shared an image of a frightful monster from the deep. The image, which appeared to show a giant octopus not far off a coastline, included text that read: "A drone ...

Andy McConnell shared a video of a blue-ringed octopus during a recent vacation in the Philippines A man captured himself unknowingly holding the world's deadliest octopus. On Thursday, Dec. 11, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These five research-backed insights show why the octopus ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. From the beginning of life on Earth, microbes, small but influential single-celled organisms, have shaped the environment that animals must adapt ...

After Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated John F. Kennedy in November 1963, Jack Ruby murdered Oswald two days later Skyler Trebel is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since ...

On Nov. 24, 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television. Also on this date: In 1859, British ...

America wants to see the files. Not only the Epstein files. The Kennedy assassination files. We now know more. Documents released this year show the Central Intelligence Agency lied to us and knew all ...

On July 13, 1918, George “Nevin” Oswald found himself 2,000 miles off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, sailing for France with 20,000 other soldiers of the 79th Division. “I think I can take care of ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. As of June of this year, Zambia-born and Johannesburg-based artist Nolan ...