“Would you like to meet it?” asks Mote Marine Aquarium biologist Kerry Lee as she gestures to the tank in front of us. I am at Mote’s aquarium on the opposite side of the glass from where visitors are ...

A British holiday maker has struck up a friendship with a little octopus in Cyprus – meeting underwater every day. Matthew ...

(Reuters) - Pets can easily bond with humans, but when a wild octopus befriends a diver and becomes his life coach, that true story scores a best documentary nomination for this Sunday's Oscars. Ten ...

The idea that humans and mollusks could have any kind of relationship is remarkable when considering the evolutionary distance between the species. Yet watch the playful relationship between a ...

What “Charlotte’s Web” did in the popular imagination for the humble, much-maligned barn spider, “My Octopus Teacher” sets out to achieve for the eight-limbed mollusc of its title — a creature of ...

“Why do octopuses have eight arms?” asked a young patron from the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. Octopuses are mysterious. For example, they belong to the shell-covered mollusk phylum, but have ...

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Whether it’s spiced in the Spanish style or sliced as Japanese sashimi, octopus as a dish is becoming a victim of its own popularity. Prices for the tentacled mollusc have about doubled in the past ...

Lobsters, octopus and crabs will be recognized as sentient beings in the U.K. after new research suggested they have a central nervous system and can feel pain. The U.K. government announced Friday ...