As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals ...

Whether grilled, on sushin or mixed into stir fry or ceviche, there are many ways to consume octopus. But given their well-known, almost human-like intelligence, it begs the question: is it ethical to ...

Britain has an octopus problem – is eating them the answer? - IN DEPTH: Our warming seas are fuelling a boom in the tentacled ...

Researchers have suggested that, as particularly intelligent and playful creatures, octopuses are unsuited to a life in captivity and mass-production. Animal rights activists argue that farming ...

Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass. Should they serve as menu items, too? Whether stuffed into ...

I still do a double-take every time I see animal lovers eating octopus or calamari (squid). I’m not talking about coastal communities whose residents rely on the sea for daily sustenance but people ...