“Beautiful little octopus” found floating amid plastic garbage near Hawaii October 25, 2018 They are tiny. They are mighty. But only thanks to marine ecologists were they salvaged from a marine dumping ground. Hawaii scientists found two… Continue Reading
Watch the birth of an octobaby at the Virginia Aquarium. No, really. February 8, 2018 Birth is as amazing. A miracle, really. And here, the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center shares the most beautiful video of a baby… Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: Korean dish of squirming octopus raises ire of activists, defended by others January 8, 2018 In February, when PETA sent an observer into Toronto restaurants, it wasn’t to get them to dine out but to investigate how live animal… Continue Reading
Why are octopuses walking from the sea to die on a beach in Wales? November 6, 2017 It’s a mystery that’s baffling scientists. In the seaside town of New Quay in Wales, people have begun noticing octopus walking on to shore… Continue Reading
Octopus scanner suggested for Red Wings games to stop tradition of tossing octopus on ice October 12, 2017 It’s a baffling, and what animal rights activists called, cruel, tradition that has gone back decades in Detroit. At Red Wings games, diehard fans… Continue Reading
Detroit Red Wings fans fling octopus at Joe Louis Arena one last time April 9, 2017 As the Detroit Red Wings played their final game in Joe Louis Arena, hockey fans defied a call to end the age-old tradition of tossing octopus… Continue Reading
Wednesday Zen Moment: Googly-eyed squid charms scientists on E/V Nautilus August 17, 2016 The E/V Nautilus team explore the ocean studying biology, geology, archeology and more to see what can be seen. And sometimes what they see… Continue Reading
Wednesday Zen Moment: How Inky the octopus made his daring escape to freedom April 13, 2016 Inky, an octopus at New Zealand’s National Aquarium in Napier, has a good disappearing act. Staff at the aquarium noticed their two octopuses had… Continue Reading
Seal vs octopus: Onlookers win February 11, 2015 Residents in Victoria, B.C. witnessed an amazing show of survival of the fittest this week as a harbour seal took on an octopus. And,… Continue Reading
