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Here at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef, you’re practically guaranteed to see them. Descending toward this ...

I’ve learned how to befriend an octopus. I keep still, present my hand and pretend not to look directly at it. It eventually ...

Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what’s behind the rare ‘bloom’? An “exceptional” number of Mediterranean Octopus have been spotted along ...

Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates in south Cornwall and Devon, wildlife charity says Record numbers of sightings of one of the world’s most intelligent invertebrates over the summer ...

Researchers collected detailed observations about the seldom-spotted sea critter during the rare encounter on Nov. 6 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A wildlife charity has declared 2025 "the Year of the Blooming Octopus" after record numbers were spotted off the south-west coast of England. In its annual marine review the Wildlife Trusts says ...

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Forget the year of the snake - the Wildlife Trust say 2025 has been the year of the octopus, as their numbers have massively increased on the south coast of England. Record numbers of the intelligent ...

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