We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

On a mild February morning, Isaac Blanco quickly places half a sardine into each cage as his brother, Julio, steers their ...

According to the OctoNation website, the Maori octopus eats large crabs, rock lobster, abalone, mussels, scallops, fish, and other octopi. Credit: Jules Casey via Storyful ...

But there are so many of them, and they are so hungry, that fishermen say they are eating not only the bait and crustaceans, but also, at times, each other. Sam Jago, skipper of the Bosloe ...

Naoto Shinkai / Shutterstock The giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) is the largest species in the world, weighing as much as 150 pounds and measuring up to 15 feet long. It's also known ...

A massive haul of Mediterranean octopus has helped a Cornish trawler land a catch worth a record £158,000. The Newlyn-based beam trawler Enterprise was fishing close to the Channel Islands when ...

The surge in octopus has come at the expense of the shellfish populations they prey on. For now, Mr Neil Watson, whose firm operates out of Brixham Fish Market on the English Channel, has been one ...

But the lucrative market for the octopus - like most of our native fish and shellfish - lies across the Channel in continental Europe. The UK-EU deal is another mixed blessing for the South West.

Kingfisher Brixham also posted, they wrote: “Double Sucker Octopus, also known as the Common Octopus, is currently being landed in large numbers at the local fish markets.