These five research-backed insights show why the octopus remains one of the most extraordinary minds in the animal kingdom.

The ocean offers a strong essence of beauty and mystery. With such diverse ecosystems, animals have evolved different adaptations to survive. The octopus, or he’e in Hawaiian, is one of those ...

Octopuses are capable of sophisticated tasks, from solving puzzles to decorating their dens to remembering people's faces. So when a company in Spain announced that it wanted to commercially farm ...

A recently proposed aquaculture octopus farm in the Canary Islands would raise 3,000 tonnes of an octopus a year, which means almost 275,000 individual octopuses will be killed annually. My research ...

Octopuses inspire awe, wonder, and fascination. They are well-known for their creativity, intelligence, and curiosity. There is ample scientific evidence of their capacity to feel physical pain and ...

Plans are well underway for the first commercial octopus farm, which has stoked concern among animal-welfare campaigners that keeping the intelligent creatures in such an environment could lead to ...

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