NEW BEDFORD – State Rep. Chris Hendricks says he’s not against enjoying a well-prepared dish featuring octopus but that the aquaculture farming of the brainy cephalopods would be unsuitable.

About 300 species of octopus are known to inhabit the oceans, and that number keeps growing. As Smithsonian reports, Australian scientists recently identified a new eight-armed cephalopod that ...

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

Octopus is most commonly eaten in South Korea, Spain, Portugal and Japan where they can't get enough of that umami flavour. Umami is one of the 5 basic tastes and is a savoury flavour. Until ...

Octopus Energy has launched a new energy tariff aimed at helping social housing tenants reduce their energy bills and encouraging landlords to invest in green technology. The tariff, Tenant Power ...

A man has accused energy firm Octopus of "relentlessly" pursuing him for almost four years for another person's gas bill of more than £6,000. Despite repeatedly ...

Fears that rules over lobster and crab pots meant an explosion of predatory octopus numbers could severely damage local fishing businesses have been quelled - for now. Pressure from Plymouth City ...

The population spike in the Mediterranean common octopus is a mixed blessing. Bad news if you want to catch crab or lobster, and doubly bad news if the octopus eats your crab or lobster and then ...

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Basic Economy is being phased out—at least by name. Starting this month, Delta is removing Basic Economy from its booking options. But that doesn’t mean the budget-friendly ticket is gone for ...

A new species of shape-shifting octopus has just been described by scientists in Australia. The tiny cephalopod grows only about 1.6 inches across, but it can survive more than half a mile beneath ...