A Guernsey fisherman says the industry is being put in peril by an explosion in the island's octopus population. Steve ...

The research suggest octopus and other cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, all rely on the ancient chromosome to determine sex.

And after more digging, they also found evidence for the chromosome in the nautilus, a mollusk that split apart from the ...

Oceans are home to some of the most fascinating and mysterious creatures that have survived on our planet for millions of years. One of them is the eight-limbed, soft-bodied mollusk, octopus.

This limits what the Dumbo octopus can eat, with them only consuming organisms up to 1-2 millimetres in size. This likely includes molluscs, small crustaceans such as copepods, amphipods and isopods, ...

Discover how researchers identified an octopus' ancient sex chromosomes and why their genetic history is such a mystery.

She said on aquafarms, octopus would be confined to tanks not much bigger than themselves, which is inhumane because the soft-bodied mollusk is accustomed to roaming around a very large area.

Mr Fallaize said the molluscs had been raiding his pots and he had pulled up more than 700 of the creatures in the last seven months. He said while that left him with plenty of octopus to sell ...

A Guernsey fisherman says the industry is being put in peril by an explosion in the island's octopus population. Steve Fallaize, a commercial fisherman for more than 30 years, said the molluscs ...