Cameron Clifford had finally given in to his son’s pleas and bought him a pet octopus. After several ... but Tytle said the ...

Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world ... males and females—called sexual size dimorphism—in the animal kingdom. Why the dramatic disparity? It’s not fully known, but ...

News that the world's first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming ... Dr Elena Lara, CIWF's research manager, is angry. "These animals are amazing animals. They are solitary, and very ...

Netflix’s My Octopus Teacher is a visually breathtaking film that provides an intimate glimpse into the world of another species. When famed documentary filmmaker Craig Foster found himself unable to ...

But the octopus chromosome is so much older. “It's a very, very ancient sex chromosome, potentially the oldest animal sex chromosome that’s ever been described. This is important because a lot ...

The coconut octopus collects and manipulates shells for protection; such future-oriented tool use is known to occur in only 1 percent of the animal kingdom ... helping them become the amazing, ...

Jules Casey, who frequently posts underwater footage to her OneBreathDiver Instagram account, called the juvenile pale octopus a “beer can baby”. Casey told Storyful that the octopus would eventually ...

The law prohibits any farming activity involving the “propagation, cultivation, maintenance, or harvest of any species of octopus for the ... of suffering that other animals already endure ...

Small baby octopus - about 5cm long - aren't easy to find fresh. You'll probably have to buy frozen ones. Don't try substituting large octopus for this dish - it's too tough. If you can't find ...

They spend a lot of their time tucked away in crevices, hiding from animals that might try to eat them. There may be around 10 different species of blue-ringed octopus, though only four have been ...

Beth Orcutt wants to learn more about life at the bottom of the ocean, to inform decision-making on deep sea mining.

It's possible different species of Dumbo octopus could occupy different depth ranges. 'Light can only penetrate to 1,000 metres,' says Jon. 'After 1,000 meters, the only light you find is produced by ...