Beachgoers are being urged to remember there are other critters that call our oceans home after a South Coast man was ...

Gov. Tim Walz's threat to use National Guard troops against ICE agents echoes Confederate nullifcation of federal law.

Off the coast of the UK, fishermen and marine biologists are witnessing something not seen in generations. Sightings of the ...

British journalist Andy McConnell was enjoying a morning beach walk on Cebu Island in the Philippines when he came across a ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --A Swedish musician spent six months working to accomplish the "worst" and "coolest" thing he has ever done: teaching an octopus to play piano. Mattias Krantz, a YouTuber whose content ...

Beach days usually come with seashells and seagulls — not an unexpected eight-armed visitor. But one lucky beachgoer at Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) snapped rare photos of an octopus making a ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

Proponents of octopus farming claim it can reduce fishing pressure on wild octopus populations by supplying the seafood industry, and even suggest that these efforts could contribute to restocking ...

"We are thankful for how far reaching this story has become," a rep for the Aquarium of the Pacific tells PEOPLE, while sharing its plans to honor her aquarium of the pacific Ghost, a giant octopus at ...

The ocean can be a dangerous place, and not just from the creatures you might expect. A surprising range of marine species, including fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cnidarians, have the power to ...

All eight arms of an octopus can be used for whatever their cephalopod owner wishes, but some arms are favored for certain tasks. A new, detailed analysis of how octopuses wield their famously ...

Scientists set out to understand all the ways the animals use their eight appendages. It wasn’t easy. By Kate Golembiewski The eight arms of an octopus are right there in its name. But these ...