Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what’s behind the rare ‘bloom’?

The eight-legged invertebrates were spotted off the British coast in their highest numbers since the 1950s, wildlife charity ...

Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates off the coast of Cornwall and south Devon, wildlife charity says ...

An avid beachcomber in Texas had an encounter earlier this week with a common octopus — a sight that she says isn't quite so ...

Conservationists have described 2025 as year of the octopus after enormous numbers were seen in the south west.

Padre Island Madre told MySA she saw the octopus along PINS on Monday, December 9. The beachgoer, who frequents the beach ...

A stranded octopus gets a helping hand back to the ocean and takes the time to "high five" the rescuer. What really happened?

An avid beachcomber in Padre Island, Texas, came across a common octopus earlier this week - a sight that's not quite so common in the Lone Star State.

An octopus sighting along Padre Island was caught on video, showing the animal changing colors and patterns near shore, ...

An octopus's mesmerizing skin can flit from orange to red in the blink of an eye, partly thanks to a natural pigment called ...

The vampire squid genome shows it kept ancient features shared with squids, while octopuses gained major chromosomal changes.