11:52 a.m. Dec. 28, 2022: Photo captions in an earlier version of this story stated that the Kanaloa Octopus Farm was making efforts to breed octopus for human consumption. Although the facility’s ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - State advises Big Island octopus farm to stop unpermitted activities. The state Division of Aquatic Resources served a cease-and-desist letter to Kanaloa Octopus Farm last ...

Hawaiian state regulators ordered the Kanaloa Octopus Farm in the state’s Hawaiʻi Ocean Science and Technology Park research campus to stop operation, citing concerns the site was possessing specimens ...

Visitors to the Kanaloa Octopus Farm put their hands in tanks containing day octopuses. Officials in Hawaii recently said facility was taking, raising and possessing day octopuses without the proper ...

The owner of a controversial octopus “farm” on Hawaii’s Big Island was ordered to “cease and desist” nonpermitted operations in January after a clamor of attention was directed at the small outfit, ...

The ocean offers a strong essence of beauty and mystery. With such diverse ecosystems, animals have evolved different adaptations to survive. The octopus, or he’e in Hawaiian, is one of those ...

The day octopus, Octopus cyanea, camouflages itself against the coral reef. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the ...

A new study found that some members of an octopus species hunt cooperatively in groups with fish. Video shows octopuses punching their companion fish to keep them on task and contributing to the hunt.

Sandwiched here between the Pacific Ocean and Kona Airport — atop a dusty volcanic desert — dozens of 50-gallon water tanks gurgle and bubble away; each home to a solitary, wild-caught octopus and a ...