What Do We Owe the Octopus?
Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare rules that would put them in the same category as monkeys......»»
Households near onshore wind turbines could get lower energy bills
This comes following Octopus Energy’s announcement of a similar scheme for its customers in Yorkshire and Caerphilly.....»»
Octopus farms raise huge animal welfare concerns - and they"re unsustainable too
When you imagine an octopus's world, you might well see a curious creature in a complex undersea environment......»»
Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study shows
Scientists have found the oldest known ancestor of octopuses – an approximately 330 million-year-old fossil unearthed in Montana......»»
Meet the 10-armed, 325-million-year-old octopus fossil named after President Joe Biden
In an ancient shallow bay of what is now Montana, the body of an octopus-like creature the size of a fist was buried on the seafloor. Some 325–328 million years later, a new paper published in Nature Communications provides some interesting insight.....»»
Rare observation of a female blanket octopus in the wild
Marine biologist, photographer and videographer Jacinta Shackleton, has posted a video on Instagram of a female blanket octopus (with its psychedelic cape on full display) she came across earlier this month while snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef......»»
Team succeeds in culturing the pygmy zebra octopus
For generations, scientists have relied on a handful of organisms to study the fundamentals of biology. The usual suspects—fruit flies, zebrafish, and mice, among others—all have short lifespans, small body size, can be bred through multiple gene.....»»
Wrangling an octopus-like viral replication machine
Endemic in Western African countries, Lassa virus is transmitted to humans through food or household items that are contaminated with the urine or feces of Mastomys rats. Even though many people who become infected with Lassa virus are asymptomatic,.....»»
How smart is an octopus?
The unique brainpower of octopuses—known for their intelligence and Houdini-like escapes—has been revealed by University of Queensland researchers......»»
When is a "basin of attraction" like an octopus?
Mathematicians who study dynamical systems often focus on the rules of attraction. Namely, how does the choice of the starting point affect where a system ends up? Some systems are easier to describe than others. A swinging pendulum, for example, wil.....»»
This dinky soft robot is powered by a chemical reaction
This dinky octopus isn't your average sea creature. It's a bio-inspired soft robot -- dubbed "Octobot" -- that's powered entirely by a chemical reaction......»»
Huge ancestors of squid once littered England"s beaches
Vast ammonites, relatives of squid and octopus, up to 1.8 meters across once littered the East Sussex seas, according to new research......»»
Bulk payments startup Comma raises $6M seed round led by Octopus and Connect
U.K.-based open banking bulk payment startup Comma has raised £4.34 million ($6 million) in a seed round of funding led by Octopus Ventures and Connect Ventures. They were joined by investors Village Global, and the founders of Wagestream, Peter Bri.....»»
Bulk payments startup Comma raises $6M Seed round led by Octopus and Connect
UK-based open banking bulk payment startup Comma has raised £4.34 million ($6m) in a Seed round of funding led by Octopus Ventures and Connect Ventures. They were joined by investors Village Global, and the founders of Wagestream, Peter Briffet and.....»»
Elusive Glass Octopus Spotted In the Remote Pacific Ocean
Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shared some fascinating photos and a report from Live Science. "This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently — even a view of its innards — when an underwater robot filmed it gracefully soaring through.....»»
Suckers for learning: why octopuses are so intelligent
Our last common ancestor with the octopus existed more than 500 million years ago. So why is it that they seem to show such peculiar similarities with humans, while at the same time appearing so alien? Perhaps because despite their tentacles covered.....»»
Raylo nabs $11.5M to get more mobile users to lease and reuse
UK-based smartphone subscription startup Raylo has tucked $11.5 million in Series A funding into its top pocket, led by Octopus Ventures. The equity round follows a debt raise last year — and brings Raylo’s total raised since being founde.....»»
Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a seabird? Two marine biologists place their bets
If you're anything like us, you may have wondered if an octopus and a seabird would ever end up in a fight. Well they do, and it's a YouTube wormhole that can prove quite addictive......»»
Look out PiedPiper – iSIZE reduces power for video streaming, raises $6.3M in round led by Octopus
It’s widely known that video streaming boomed during the pandemic, as millions of people were faced by boredom during lockdowns. But an unintended consequence of this was the growing environmental impact of millions of video streams which meant ser.....»»
Sprout.ai raises $11m Series A led by Octopus Ventures to apply AI to insurance claims
It was way back in 2018 that Omni:us appeared to disrupt the insurance market by applying AI to this most legacy of all industries. It has now gone on to raise $44.1 million. In a similar vein, Shift Technology in France has raised $100 million. Now.....»»
Insights from color-blind octopus help fight human sight loss
University of Bristol research into octopus vision has led to a quick and easy test that helps optometrists identify people who are at greater risk of macular degeneration, the leading cause of incurable sight loss......»»