Regarding a female argonaut’s translucent shell, National Geographic states: "After mating, it begins secreting calcite from the tips of two of its arms, a continuous process. That forms the delicate, ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a rule that removes the requirement that shellfish have an external shell. Photo ...

FWS finalized a change redefining "shellfish," removing the previous requirement that species must have an external shell.

A property developer promised to build community spaces and a public square in Easton then scarpered leaving a concrete shell ...

If an alien intelligence were hiding somewhere on Earth, many scientists suspect it might look something like an octopus.

The Cornwall IFCA says its primary reasoning for the emergency bylaw is sustainable management of stocks. Cornwall’s fishing industry is set to face new restrictions on octopus fishing after an ...

The octopus is one of the strangest creatures on Earth. With 500 million neurons, the ability to change color in milliseconds, and arms that can think and act independently, it challenges almost ...

A vote has been passed for an emergency by-law to cut the number of larger boats fishing for octopus. The Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) wanted emergency rules to cap the ...

The Marine Biological Association (MBA) has released new findings from the second major scientific study documenting an unprecedented surge, or “bloom”, of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) off the ...

The discovery of a blue octopus about the size of a golf ball has delighted marine biologists and the public with its rarity – and its big-eyed cute factor. The octopus was found 5,800 feet deep in ...

A tiny blue octopus about the size of a golf ball was discovered off the coast of the Galápagos Islands. Thousands of animals, including this little octopus, named Microeledone galapagensis, call the ...

For the most part, the octopus featured in Netflix’s Remarkably Bright Creatures movie—which began streaming today—is CGI. “There was no way we were going to be able to train an octopus to do all the ...