Animal intelligence stories travel fast, and tidy myths travel fastest. An octopus unscrews a jar, a parrot says hello, a bee dances, and many people leap to one-line conclusions about genius, ...

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 ...

Researchers studying a deep-sea octopus called Muusoctopus robustus have found thousands of the animals congregating at hydrothermal springs near an underwater mountain off California, raising fresh ...