Senators from opposite ends of the political spectrum are pushing to outlaw commercial octopus farming across the United States, citing animal welfare concerns and the risk that industrial-scale ...

SISAL, Mexico – When Mexican biologist Carlos Rosas dips his hand into the water of a large open-topped tank and brings it to the surface, there is a tiny purple baby octopus, no bigger than a tennis ...

Fisherman Pedro Cervino, 49, stands on his boat called Olga, while he kills the octopus with a wooden stick inside of its mouth after fishing it with pots, at estuary of Ferrol in Mugardos, in Galicia ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Residents of Munje, a fishing village south of the Kenyan port of Mombasa, have established an octopus closure to ensure sustainable fishing.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Spain and Mexico, demand for octopus is up, but octopus populations are down. In both countries, artisanal octopus fishers are sticking to ...