Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what’s behind the rare ‘bloom’?

A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) swims off Croatia in the Mediterranean Sea. (Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images) We named him Squirt — not because he was the smallest of the 16 ...

Octopuses are fascinating animals—and serve as important model organisms in neuroscience, cognition research and developmental biology. To gain a deeper understanding of their biology and evolutionary ...

In a delightful encounter along a beach in Wales, marine enthusiasts were treated to a rare sighting of a curled octopus. The captivating footage, captured by Ciara Taylor, a project assistant for the ...

The eight-legged invertebrates were spotted off the British coast in their highest numbers since the 1950s, wildlife charity ...

It’s not every day that scientists discover a new species of octopus, but that is exactly what has happened off the coast of western Australia. During a CSIRO research expedition to the Carnarvon ...

Heather Leon has made the same walk through Cherry Grove Point in North Myrtle Beach dozens of times, but her visit last week came with an unusual surprise. “I was taking a walk with my mom when ...

Videos filmed by divers show that choking, blinding and sacrificing limbs are all in the cephalopods’ repertoire. By Joshua Rapp Learn The conger eel was the favorite, weighing at least three times ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. October is National Seafood Month, and I’ve typically written about local ...

(CNN) -- Considered by biologists to be some of the most intelligent invertebrates, octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive. But an Australian geologist saw another side to the marine creatures ...