Blanket octopuses are extremely rare, having been seen only a handful of times in the past decade. It is not a single species ...

Marine biologists have known for a long time that certain species of octopus punch fish. Octopus cyanea are a species of ...

World Octopus Day highlights the complexities of protecting marine animals as environmental threats like climate change ...

New adhesive system could be powerful tool for underwater salvage, rescue operations.

An adhesive inspired by octopus suckers is capable of quickly gripping and releasing challenging underwater objects.

The bill protects octopuses from aquaculture, an environment that the "intelligent creatures" don't belong in, said ...

On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan bill that criminalizes the farming of octopuses for human ...

Using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations is a signature of one Virginia Tech research team ...

The California Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses Act was signed into law Sunday prohibiting octopus farming on land and water as well as the sale of farmed octopuses statewide.

A team of researchers from Virginia Tech, led by Associate Professor Michael Bartlett, has developed a groundbreaking ...

Californians are prohibited from farming octopuses to eat following a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday. AB 3162 bans the aquaculture of any species of octopus for the purpose of being ...

Scientists are using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations. A team has now created an octopus-inspired adhesive, inspired by the shape of octopus suckers, that can ...