The Canary Islands will soon host the world’s first industrial octopus farm. But there is no humane way to slaughter these intelligent, sentient creatures. By India Bourke With eight arms, three ...

In the dark depths of the sea, where vision is difficult, meeting a mate becomes a problem. Octopuses, which are highly ...

With its eight tentacles, large eyes and intelligent demeanour, it has been likened to an alien form of life. Now scientists have decoded the genome of the octopus and have discovered just how ...

The recent Rosetta mission to image and land a probe on a comet was an astounding achievement. Rosetta took thousands of photos mapping the entire surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko , as it ...

The humanised Dalek from Doctor Who is how we feel octopuses will look in a millenia or two (Picture: Getty/BBC) Every day we’re reminded of the things that’ll kill the human race off. But if and when ...

The team from Bristol University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering designed the smart robot, which uses fluid flows of air or water to coordinate suction and movement as octopuses do. The study ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Earth is no stranger to extinctions. As scientists have discerned from fossil records, species on Earth ...

Octopuses have blue blood, three hearts and a doughnut-shaped brain. But these aren’t even the most unusual things about them! Known for their otherworldly look and remarkable intelligence, octopuses ...

Octopuses have a large nervous system, with the average octopus having about 500 million neurons or brain cells. That puts it in the same “brain range” as smaller mammals such as dogs. Unlike dogs, ...

As a £50m 'humane' octopus farm prepares to open, protestors insist the animals' brains make them an unsuitable supper Charlotte Lytton is a freelance journalist who has worked in newsrooms from ...

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