MBARI researchers have developed an innovative imaging system that can be deployed at great depths underwater to study the ...

Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living ...

Scientists searching the deep sea off the coast of Hawaii released video this month of a dumbo octopus, the deepest-living of all known octopuses. You are what you read.

The OCTOPUS Act would ban farming the animal, and imports of farmed meat. It was introduced by a senator whose office says he learned about the plan through a story on NPR.

Octopus and squid pigments enhance sunscreen without harming the environment, researchers say by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert, Northeastern University Editors' notes ...

This location, dubbed “octopus garden,” is the largest known aggregation of these mollusks in the world, though it doesn’t attract much else of equal size.

Octopus farming leads to suffering and sickness for one of the more intelligent and feeling animals in our oceans,” Peterson said via statement. “It can lead to huge environmental and ...

The bill received unanimous approval on the Senate floor and overwhelming bipartisan support in the Assembly — with 59 voting for the banning of octopus farming, and 10 voting against it ...

Octopus farming leads to suffering and sickness for one of the more intelligent and feeling animals in our oceans,” Peterson said via statement. “It can lead to huge environmental and ...