The first part of the story sounds like a fairy tale. A fisherman catches an octopus and, in an effort to save its own life, the octopus uses supernatural powers to prove how much more useful it is ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - An octopus that successfully predicted all of Japan's World Cup group stage matches was boiled, butchered and sent away to be sold on June 27, according to the fisherman who ...

(WJBK) - A "psychic" octopus has met his fate after correctly predicting three of of Japan's results in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Just as the knockout stages begin, Rabiot the giant Pacific octopus ...

He never saw it coming. A “psychic” octopus who appeared to have correctly predicted two of Japan’s World Cup results apparently didn't foresee his own demise, getting killed off and “sent to market” ...

Madako, which means 'common octopus' in Japanese, referred to Octopus vulgaris for over a century, but a study study has found the Japanese common octopus is in fact a different species, Octopus ...