WICHITA, KS -- A 2-year-old boy hospitalized after a small octopus became wedged in this throat showed signs of improvement Thursday as the investigation pressed on, Wichita police said. The boy, who ...

SISAL, Mexico, March 18 (Reuters) - When Mexican biologist Carlos Rosas dips his hand into the water of a large open-topped tank and brings it to the surface, there is a tiny purple baby octopus, no ...

This is the astonishing moment a shape-shifting octopus escaped from a boat through what looked like an impossibly small hole. Cell phone footage sees the slimy sea creature sizing up the gap on a ...

Scientists have long wondered whether the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is a ticking time bomb in terms of sea level rise. New evidence from the DNA of a small octopus that lives in the Southern Ocean ...

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Octopuses are building miniature underwater cities because they don’t want to live alone, scientists have discovered, countering a long-held belief that the marine creatures prefer solitude. Until now ...

When a Washington state woman met fishermen who had hooked an octopus during a fishing derby in Tacoma on August 2, she saw an opportunity to win a photo competition, according to a report. The woman, ...

MATARAM, Indonesia, May 25 (UPI) --An octopus off the coast of Indonesia was filmed making the best of sea pollution by building itself a house out of a flip-flop and a spoon. The video, filmed off ...

Octopus populations across the globe are facing mounting pressures from overfishing, habitat loss and environmental change.

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