It is not every day that you watch a small act of care change the course of a sea creature’s life. In a widely shared Instagram clip, an octopus lies stranded at the waterline. A beachgoer gently ...

SAN DIEGO — Researchers at UC San Diego have successfully engineered bacteria to produce octopus pigment, opening the door to revolutionary applications in sunscreen, cosmetics, paint, textiles and ...

Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition in Monterey Bay. The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by ...

Over the past decades, a growing number of robotics teams have started developing modular robots inspired by the ancient paper-folding art of origami. More recently, some of these teams started ...

Every year on October 8, people across the world celebrate one of the ocean’s most fascinating creatures – the octopus. World Octopus Day began as part of Cephalopod Awareness Week and soon became a ...

In late September 2025, an image claiming to show an octopus helping a diver with underwater maintenance tasks began circulating on Facebook. One version (archived), included the following caption: ...

Ghost always knew when it was showtime. Stretching her eight arms across the tank, the octopus would glide mid-water almost as if she were dancing, leaving admirers on the other side of the glass ...

Kraken, Octopus Energy’s tech arm, has been spun off as a standalone business with $500m annual committed revenue and contracts covering 70m accounts worldwide. The move aims to accelerate global ...

British renewable-energy startup Octopus Energy is spinning off its artificial intelligence arm, Kraken, in what could create a stand-alone entity worth $15 billion. Kraken has operated in Octopus’s ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus beloved by aquarium visitors, is entering senescence, the final stage of her life.

This is the den of the common octopus. Can you see it hiding? Credit: Shutterstock Look at the picture above. What do you see? If you look closely, you may notice the red eyes of the common octopus ...

The new Octopus Charge is designed to pair with the popular Intelligent Octopus Go tariff for British EV owners. The new Octopus Charge is designed to pair with the popular Intelligent Octopus Go ...