Modelling of ocean currents suggests that larvae from Guernsey, which saw its own octopus bloom in 2024, "likely contributed to the UK surge", the report added. An octopus bloom may reoccur again ...

Watching an octopus punch an annoying fish is hugely satisfying to frustrated humans. And other animals do the ...

This octopus behavior might look funny at first glance, but it reveals how evolution solves complex problems in unexpected ways.

Between £6.7 million and £9.4 million worth of common octopus was landed on the south coast of the UK from January to August ...

All octopuses start out as teeny, tiny plankton, and most grow up to settle down on the seafloor. The blanket octopus, however, never settles down, and spends its life wandering the open ocean. Hosted ...

Washington has already banned octopus farming. The bill would further crack down on the practice by outlawing the sale, possession, transport and distribution of farmed octopuses.

Photographer Gareth Davies saw the cephalopod as he went for a seaside walk.