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 ...

On certain remote shores in northern Australia, the line between sea and land is not as firm as it looks. When the tide drains away, a small, mottled octopus hauls itself out of the shallows and ...

On May 8, 2025, the nature documentary Octopus! was released on Prime. The underwater documentary, produced and narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, tells the fascinating story of an octopus’s incredible ...

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

Consider the octopus. Smart and sophisticated, it has a brain larger than that of any other invertebrate. With 500 million or so neurons, its nervous system is more typical of animals with a backbone.

The octopus is a striking creature. Their most defining feature, of course, is their eight arms. A new study of octopuses has now documented exactly how those eight arms are used in the wild.

With three hearts, blue blood, and the ability to squeeze through a space the size of their eyeballs, octopuses are said to be like aliens on Earth. The new National Geographic docuseries, "Secrets of ...

This is the den of the common octopus. Can you see it hiding? Credit: Shutterstock Look at the picture above. What do you see? If you look closely, you may notice the red eyes of the common octopus ...

POULSBO, Wash. — The free aquarium in Poulsbo has eels and anemones. But they want an octopus. "One of the first questions we get asked when people come to Sea Discovery Center is, 'Where's the ...