Over the last few years, Virginia Tech scientists have been looking to the octopus for inspiration to design technologies that can better grip a wide variety of objects in underwater environments.

Octopuses have a superpower. They can cling to nearly any surface, no matter how wet or slippery, with their sucker-lined tentacles. Now, scientists at Virginia Tech have tapped into this ability to ...

Show kids the importance of the shoreline, which provides an active habitat for wildlife and provides stability to the water’s edge. Help them make an underwater viewer to explore this important ...