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 ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has been chronically slow to protect animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act, ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests ...

Jersey Zoo has a new head of amphibians and invertebrates. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT) has promoted Ciaran Westgate from deputy to curator of herpetology and invertebrates. Westgate ...

CEO of Britain’s biggest household energy supplier says technology arm could float in the medium term Business live – latest updates Octopus Energy has agreed to sell a stake in its Kraken software ...

Conservationists have branded 2025 the “year of the octopus” after the eight-legged creatures were spotted in British waters in the highest numbers since the 1950s. The charity said it had been left ...

SAN DIEGO — Researchers at UC San Diego have successfully engineered bacteria to produce octopus pigment, opening the door to revolutionary applications in sunscreen, cosmetics, paint, textiles and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California scientists captured rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a jellyfish. Almost a half-mile below ...

Researchers were flabbergasted after the remains of an ultra-rare seven-armed octopus washed ashore in Collieston, Scotland, as seen in photos making waves online. Dr Lauren Smith / SWNS It’s a ...

Seventy-four scripts by 86 writers were selected by a voting pool of over 500 Hollywood executives, and Matisse Haddad's "Best Seller" took the #1 spot. For a spec screenwriter looking for a way into ...