Scientists have sequenced the genome of the "vampire squid from hell," revealing it bridges the evolutionary gap between octopuses and squids. This deep-sea marvel's massive genome offers ...

Irish inshore skippers have calculated that climate change-induced weather patterns are costing them up to 100 fishing days ...

The 2020 Underwater Photographer of the Year contest (UPY) has just crowned its winners. More than 5,500 images were ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California scientists captured rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a jellyfish. Almost a half-mile below ...

Blue-ringed octopus is considered the world's most dangerous octopus species Manila: A plucky British adventurer named Decanterman turned a sunny Philippine beach day into his personal ...

In December 2025, social media users shared an image of a frightful monster from the deep. The image, which appeared to show a giant octopus not far off a coastline, included text that read: "A drone ...

A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured just how fast microplastics move through the gut passage of a key ...

A British man in the Philippines unknowingly handled one of the deadliest animals in the world on Wednesday. Andy McConnell was vacationing in the Philippines when he stumbled across a blue-ringed ...

A wildlife charity has declared 2025 "the Year of the Blooming Octopus" after record numbers were spotted off the south-west coast of England. In its annual marine review the Wildlife Trusts says ...

Andrew McConnell, a journalist and glass historian from Antiques Roadshow in the UK shared the experience to social media saying: “My close encounter with death. Exploring the world alone, 11,000km ...

José Andrés adds a clean copper penny to the saucepan to replicate the traditional technique of cooking octopus in a copper pot. The chemical reaction of the copper and the octopus gives the tentacles ...