Watching an octopus punch an annoying fish is hugely satisfying to frustrated humans. And other animals do the ...

Cold spray whipped off the ropes as a diesel engine throbbed in the background. One by one, empty shellfish pots came over the side of the fishing boat, occasionally containing the remnants of crab ...

"It is unlikely, based on past events, that it will go on for a long time." Officials stunned by ocean phenomenon not seen since 1950s: 'It's quite an unpredictable situation' first appeared on The ...

Between £6.7 million and £9.4 million worth of common octopus was landed on the south coast of the UK from January to August ...

A new report has revealed that a dramatic population bloom of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) off the South West coast ...

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

Modelling of ocean currents suggests that larvae from Guernsey, which saw its own octopus bloom in 2024, "likely contributed ...

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 ...

'the octopus bloom is not a blip - it’s a sustained threat' ...

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Off the south-west coast of the UK, a creature usually glimpsed only by divers and night-fishing crews suddenly became impossible to ignore. Through 2025, common octopus numbers surged so dramatically ...