Nancy Iraba was a marine scientist who couldn't swim. Now she's dedicated her life to helping other Africans learn how to ...

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

Abstract: Underwater vehicles have seen significant development over the past seventy years. However, bio-inspired propulsion robots are still in their early stages and require greater ...

Proponents of octopus farming claim it can reduce fishing pressure on wild octopus populations by supplying the seafood industry, and even suggest that these efforts could contribute to restocking ...

British renewable energy provider Octopus Energy said this week that it’s spinning off Kraken, its tech platform for utilities, spurred in part by $500 million in committed annual revenue from other ...

Kraken, Octopus Energy’s tech arm, has been spun off as a standalone business with $500m annual committed revenue and contracts covering 70m accounts worldwide. The move aims to accelerate global ...

A holidaymaker struck up an unlikely friendship with an octopus while swimming in Porto Rotondo, Sardinia. Michele Bottari, 28, coaxed the creature from its cave before guiding it to the surface, ...

Scientists set out to understand all the ways the animals use their eight appendages. It wasn’t easy. By Kate Golembiewski The eight arms of an octopus are right there in its name. But these ...

Dramatic footage of one man's remarkable close encounter with a 12-foot octopus has been making waves online. John Roney is an underwater videographer and film and television editor based on Vancouver ...

Plunging into the chilly waters off the western coast of Canada, a pair of scuba divers swam along the seafloor near an octopus. The “curious” animal eventually approached them and briefly took one of ...