A controversial plan to commercially farm octopus for meat has led to a U.S. bill that would ban the practice, along with any imports linked to it. Bipartisan legislation to ban octopus farming was ...

A bill that would impose a preemptive ban on octopus farming on Guam has been introduced by Vice Speaker Tony Ada.

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A Florida boater caught a red blanket octopus on camera. Blanket octopuses are occasionally spotted deep in the sea. Female blanket octopuses are the only ones to have the blanket features. A Florida ...

Commercial octopus farming, currently in developmental stages on multiple continents, would have a negative ripple effect on sustainability and animal welfare, concludes a team of researchers.

Photos of a pale octopus splayed out on the pavement of a Miami Beach parking garage has left a skeptical internet scratching its head. But the eight-legged invertebrate is real, and it may not be the ...