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From David Attenborough to Hannah Fry via Bryan Johnson, our TV columnist Bethan Ackerley selects her favourite science and ...
We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...
California joins Washington in banning octopus farming, according to cosponsor the Animal Legal Defense Fund. It's a "proactive" move as "there is no known large-scale octopus farming and ...
Britain's Octopus Energy Group and Ukrainian energy company, DTEK, are seeking to raise 100 million euros ($115 million) over the next three years to help fund up to 100 solar and battery projects ...
A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) has around 500 million neurons, similar to the number in a dog’s brain. However, unlike dogs or cats, the majority of an octopus’s neurons are located in its arms, ...
When octopuses extend their eight arms into hidden nooks and crannies in search of a meal, they are not just feeling around in the dark for their food. They are tasting their prey, and with even ...
Ms. Marvel continues her journey through the history of the X-Men this coming Wednesday in Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse #1, and you can check out the official preview below courtesy of Marvel ...
Octopus food stall. Image by Openverse. Perhaps no issue has inflamed the octopus debate more than recent efforts to establish commercial octopus farms. In 2019, Spanish company Nueva Pescanova ...
While its size is monstrous, its nature couldn’t be more docile. Gentle Giants of the Deep The giant phantom jelly bears an eerily similar appearance to Darth Vader. If the Sith were a sea animal, he ...
Giant African harvester ants, for example, are a protected species in Kenya. Keeping invertebrates as pets may seem like a harmless hobby, but it can have serious consequences for biodiversity.
Researchers reported on Tuesday in the journal Cell that octopus arms are fine-tuned to “eavesdrop into the microbial world,” detecting microbiomes on the surfaces around them and deriving ...
Lewis Jefferies, 36, took the images off the Lizard Peninsula at the end of May. The photographer from Falmouth said a large number of octopuses had been spotted at the popular dive site so he decided ...