Paul Rudd (left) and a shot of a mimic octopus featured in National Geographic's Secrets of the Octopus (right) Actor Paul Rudd knows what it takes to transform into another person for a role, and ...

Here's a handy guide to the amorphous and vibrant mimic octopus, courtesy of the webcomic xkcd. In my last post, I wondered: How did Asian fishermen manage to discover the mimic octopus? Thaumoctopus ...

Nature has incredible creatures that never cease to amaze us with their wild survival tricks and unimaginable capabilities. One such creature is the o.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mimic octopuses are usually found off the coast of Indonesia and northern Australia. Rudd says in the clip that damselfish hate ...

This article isn't about a news item. Rather, it's more a celebration of how fascinating nature can be, and how it can sometimes be so damn cool that it actually blows our mind! The Mimic Octopus aka ...

Paul the Octopus—the eight-legged oracle who made international headlines with his amazingly accurate football forecasting—isn't the only talented cephalopod in the sea. The Indonesian mimic octopus, ...

Different animal species have evolved a number of ways to hide in their environments. One of the most popular tactics is by camouflage, often by matching the background or by having patterns that ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Ed O'Neill voices Hank in "Finding Dory," a mimic octopus that lost a tentacle (technically making him a septopus). The mimic octopus is a real creature, and the real ...

Rudd serves as the narrator for National Geographic's upcoming docuseries "Secrets of the Octopus" Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...