Whatever they are called, they are widely considered one of the smartest animals in the world. They have been seen navigating ...

Plans are underway to open the world's first octopus farm in Spain—a move that has been met with considerable backlash from animal rights groups. Spanish seafood commercialization company Nueva ...

Unprecedented numbers of the common octopus have been found in British waters this year, but what’s behind the rare ‘bloom’?

Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass. Should they serve as menu items, too? Whether stuffed into ...

Among the smartest animals on Earth, octopuses are unique for being utterly weird in their evolutionary path to developing those smarts. Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith has called the octopus the ...

Octopuses are capable of sophisticated tasks, from solving puzzles to decorating their dens to remembering people's faces. So when a company in Spain announced that it wanted to commercially farm ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renewable energy retailer Octopus Energy today announced the launch of Intelligent Octopus, its first-ever integrated demand response, fixed-rate plan that rewards customers ...

CEO of Britain’s biggest household energy supplier says technology arm could float in the medium term ...

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