The Guardian

2025 is ‘year of the octopus’ as record numbers spotted off England’s south coast

Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates in south Cornwall and Devon, wildlife charity says Record numbers of sightings of one of the world’s most intelligent invertebrates over the summer ...
AOL

"Year of octopus" declared after warmer seas leads to record numbers

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 ...
Snopes.com

Don't be fooled by supposed drone image of giant octopus in Gulf of Mexico

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 ...
The Mirror

British Gas and Octopus confirm £150 bill savings for fixed customers

Consumer experts are sounding the alarm that millions of households could be left in the cold over the Chancellor's promised £150 annual reduction to energy bills, unless suppliers urgently clarify ...
Indiatimes

1,000 times more poisonous than cyanide: Man unknowingly plays with world’s deadliest octopus weighing less than an apple

A British tourist narrowly escaped a fatal encounter in the Philippines after handling a venomous blue-ringed octopus, mistaking it for a harmless baby. This tiny creature, packing a toxin potent ...
Los Angeles Times

Rare, deep-sea encounter: California scientists observe ‘extraordinary’ seven-arm octopus

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 ...
UPI

Swedish man teaches pet octopus to play piano

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 ...
Mongabay

Octopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloor

If you liked this story, share it with other people. From the beginning of life on Earth, microbes, small but influential single-celled organisms, have shaped the environment that animals must adapt ...
Kitsap Sun

Giant Pacific Octopus found in a bottle, can now be found at downtown Poulsbo aquarium

One of Poulsbo's newest inhabitants has quadruple the number of arms and triple the number of hearts than the usual resident. Western Washington University's SEA Discovery Center announced at the end ...
The New York Times

Octopuses Invade the English Coast, ‘Eating Anything in Their Path’

The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer. The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs ...
NPR

Untangling The Science of Octopus Arms

Octopuses and their arms are still a bit of a mystery. Not because scientists don't know how they work; their arms are boneless hydrostats, made up of groups of muscles working together, and capable ...