Everyone’s favorite eight-armed invertebrates are terrifyingly smart and surprisingly social, with scientists going as far as reading octopuses’ minds to learn about their brains. If you want to know more about what researchers have discovered about these special cephalopods, Live Science has you covered. With stories explaining the mechanisms that allow octopuses to change color, why female octopuses torture and eat themselves after mating, how octopuses “see” light with their arms and more, our expert writers and editors deliver engaging news, features and articles about octopuses for you to read.