For decades, breeding octopuses in captivity has proven a fish farming challenge too far, with numerous failed attempts to reproduce cephalopods outside their natural habitat. When Spanish company ...

A remarkable yet little-known species of octopus is once again exciting the cephalopod community with its surprisingly social behavior, unconventional mating and reproductive habits, unusual predatory ...

A devoted mother pearl octopus brooding her eggs – the baby octopus’s eyes and tentacles are visible inside the egg casings – showing they are half way through their development. In 2018 scientists ...

Octopus could be poised to join salmon and shrimp on the list of farmed seafood—if scientists, corporations, and critics can ...

If recent octopus discoveries have taught us anything, it's that these eight-armed ocean dwellers are smart. They can use tools, change color in an instant, and commission their arms to solve problems ...

(CN) - Scientists have unlocked genetic secrets of the elusive octopus, finding striking differences with other invertebrates and more than 3,500 genes believed to be specific to the alien-like ...

Researchers are gaining a better understanding of the biochemical processes that precede female octopuses’ deaths after they lay and then tend their eggs. By Nicholas Bakalar Most octopus species live ...

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