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Underwater Sealife in World Famous Anilao Dive Spot - Philippines

A Mimic Octopus in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. Anilao is wellknown for the quality and richness of its underwater seabed. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Big Blue Octopus amazing camouflage skills - Philippines

A Big Blue Octopus or Day Octopus,( Octopus cyanea ) is seen in Anilao, Philippines on December 2025. As it moves across the seabed it makes changes in its colouring and appearance to match the substrate beneath. The colour changes are instantaneous and made by chromatophores under direct control of the brain Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

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Illustration - Summer Activities

FRANCE. OCCITANY. HERAULT (34) SETE. SINCE 2008, SETE HAS BECOME AN OPEN-AIR STREET ART MUSEUM (MACO). YOU CAN DISCOVER A WIDE RANGE OF WORKS ALL OVER THE CITY, WITH NEW ONES ADDED EVERY YEAR. 'THE OCTOPUS' BY JULIEN 'SETH' MALLAND (2014) Photo by Bruno de Hogues/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SPAIN-BARCELONA-SEAFOOD-EXPO

(230426) -- BARCELONA, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 25, 2023 shows octopus products at a booth at the Seafood Expo Global, in Barcelona, Spain. The three-day expo is taking place in Barcelona from April 25 to 27. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

Two fish market operators work after a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

Two sailors work during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

Two fish market operators work after a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A fish market operator works after a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually catches octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

View of an octopus caught during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

Two fish market operators work after a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

Three people unload the catch after a fishing trip of the boat 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor shows part of the day's catch during a fishing trip of the boat 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually catches octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

Two sailors work during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fishing Trip In Galicia

A sailor during a fishing trip of the ship 'Mariñeiro 2', on December 27, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). The ship 'Mariñeiro 2', based in Burela, usually fishes octopus, crabs, spider crabs and santiaguiños, some of the most demanded products at Christmas. The rains, which have not stopped falling during the whole month of November and the high temperatures, have caused the loss of up to 95% of the cockles or up to 75% of the clams that were harvested in a normal year. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Australia's largest kiteflying festival marks 45th anniversary

STORY: Australia's largest kiteflying festival marks 45th anniversary DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:54 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Festival of the Winds STORYLINE: Waving farewell to a chill winter and welcoming a new spring, the Festival of the Winds returned to Australia's Sydney just in time on Sunday, with innumerable visitors descending on the crescent-shaped Bondi Beach and lost in the allure of kites filling a cloudless azure sky. Here at Australia's largest kiteflying carnival, a collection of sea life, such as humpback whales, manta rays, and octopus, were floating side-by-side on the stable breeze along with mammals like zebras and husky dogs. Penguins no longer waddled in the world of kites, but flapped wings for space against falcons, seagulls, rainbow lorikeets, and even an alien. When professional artists took massive pride in showcasing their creative patterns and skills, members of the public also found their joy by buying a diamond-

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Japanese PM Kishida at Toyosu fish market

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tries octopus at Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2023. Kishida visited the fish market to highlight seafood safety and assess the impact of China's ban on Japanese marine product imports in response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant to the sea. (Pool photo)

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Qingdao International Beer Festival Food

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 16, 2023 - A vendor makes octopus balls at the Golden Beach Beer Store in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province, July 16, 2023.

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Qingdao International Beer Festival Food

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 16, 2023 - Octopus balls in production at Golden Beach Beer City in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 16, 2023.

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National Indigenous Peoples Day - Canada

Elder Jo-Ina Young wears her octopus Metis fire bag as she speaks with others during National Indigenous Peoples Day at Royal Roads University in Victoria, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Photo by Chad Hipolito/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's fish catch hits record low in 2022

STORY: Japan's fish catch hits record low in 2022 DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fishing harbour in Japan STORYLINE: Japan's fish catch in 2022 dropped 7.5 percent from the previous year to a record low of 3.85 million tons under the impact of rising sea temperatures, local media reported. The total, which includes farm-grown fish, was the lowest figure since comparable data became available in 1956 and marked a second consecutive year of decline, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday citing data by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. By category, catches of saury fell 5.6 percent from a year earlier to 18,400 tons, while Japanese flying squid slipped 8.3 percent to 29,700 tons and octopus dipped 18.7 percent to 22,200 tons, said the report. Meanwhile, salmon jumped 55.0 percent to 87,900 tons and anchovy increased 13.3 percent to 135,100 tons, it added. Apart from global warming, overfishing has also been a factor

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Octopus dolls popular as good luck charm for entrance exams

SENDAI, Japan - Octopus dolls are being made at a workshop in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2014 as a good luck charm for students taking entrance examinations for higher education. "Octopus-kun," a character representing Minamisanriku where octopuses are a staple marine product, has become a symbol of rebuilding the northeastern Japanese town after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese word for octopus, "tako," sounds like part of a phrase meaning you are "most sought after."

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Octopus "predicts" Japan rugby team's performance at World Cup

OBIRA, Japan, Sept. 13 Kyodo - An octopus at a port in Obira, Hokkaido, northern Japan, "predicts" on Sept. 13, 2019, how Japan's national rugby team will perform at the World Cup in Japan, starting on Sept. 20.

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Octopus "predicts" Japan rugby team's performance at World Cup

OBIRA, Japan, Sept. 13 Kyodo - An octopus at a port in Obira, Hokkaido, northern Japan, "predicts" on Sept. 13, 2019, how Japan's national rugby team will perform at the World Cup in Japan, starting on Sept. 20.

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Hasebe makes paper lantern at tsunami-hit kindergarten

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Japan national soccer team captain Makoto Hasebe makes an octopus paper lantern together with a kindergartner in the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 30, 2014. Hasebe helped with the reconstruction of the kindergarten following the 2011 tsunami.

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Mauritania fishing

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Fishermen hold an octopus on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean near Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Dec. 4, 2013.

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Abe in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tries octopus during a visit to a fishing port in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2013. Abe observed fisheries activities which restarted in September after being suspended due to leaks of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.