On certain remote shores in northern Australia, the line between sea and land is not as firm as it looks. When the tide drains away, a small, mottled octopus hauls itself out of the shallows and ...

The Abdopus octopus is found in intertidal zones along the Northern Australian coastline. Rather than being restricted to rockpools at low tide, the Abdopus octopus can pull itself out and crawl ...

Modelling of ocean currents suggests that larvae from Guernsey, which saw its own octopus bloom in 2024, "likely contributed ...

A new report has revealed that a dramatic population bloom of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) off the South West coast ...

Between £6.7 million and £9.4 million worth of common octopus was landed on the south coast of the UK from January to August ...

Off the south-west coast of the UK, a creature usually glimpsed only by divers and night-fishing crews suddenly became impossible to ignore. Through 2025, common octopus numbers surged so dramatically ...