The hunt was going well—until one fish got out of line. In a sudden flash of black and white, the color-changing octopus whipped out its arm and—whack—landed a punch. The fish, a blacktip ...

An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not alone. A flurry of fish move alongside it, in a group hunting phenomenon observed in multiple marine locations around the world.

This was proven experimentally in 2011 when researchers tested whether an octopus could learn to guide one of its arms through a maze to reach food. The maze was designed so that the arm would have to ...

Octopus Colour, a strand of Octopus Publishing, has announced three new promotions after it celebrated at its autumn party for agents in Covent Garden, London, last night. Alison Starling has been ...

While camouflaged on the ocean floor off the coast of Israel in the Red Sea, octopods use their arms to grab unsuspecting prey Is Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin the Future of Space Exploration? (01:11 ...

“The octopus basically works as the decider of the group,” says co-author Eduardo Sampaio, an animal-behaviour researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany.

Octopus Energy has announced a game-changing new tariff that could see customers paying absolutely nothing for their electricity - that's right, £0 per month. The innovative energy provider is ...

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A plan to build the world's first octopus farm has raised deep concerns among scientists over the welfare of the famously intelligent creatures. The farm in Spain's Canary Islands would raise ...

Hundreds of homes are set to get free energy bills for five years under a scheme being rolled out by Octopus Energy and housebuilders. The 'zero bills' scheme sees houses get green technology ...

Octopus Energy has gone from a newcomer in the energy market to the biggest electricity supplier in just eight years. In that time, it has repeatedly been made a Which? Recommended Provider. It's one ...

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