Caption: The mother octopus was curled over a clutch of about 160 teardrop-shaped, olive-sized eggs, visible on the upper left, that were attached to a rock from May 2007 to September 2011.

An Oklahoma family whose pet octopus laid fifty eggs has revealed how they are looking after the hatchlings with ingenious homemade aquariums. Cameron Clifford, 36, and his wife bought Terrance ...

The researchers found that eggs at this site hatch after about 21 months – far shorter than the four years or more it takes for other known deep-sea octopus eggs.

The Clifford family was as prepared as possible to welcome Terrance the octopus. But there was one thing they missed: she was pregnant. And then she laid a whole lot of eggs.

Octopus species exhibit complex life histories, with reproductive development and embryogenesis playing pivotal roles in their survival and adaptability. Research in this field has elucidated how ...

The researchers found that eggs at this site hatch after about 21 months — far shorter than the four years or more it takes for other known deep-sea octopus eggs.

So scientists were startled to find thousands of octopus huddled together, protecting their eggs at the bottom of the ocean off the central California coast. Aug. 23, 2023 Aug. 23, 2023 2 min read ...