7 Fascinating Facts About Octopuses That Will Blow Your Mind

Something extraordinary is happening in British waters right now. Record numbers of octopuses — first spotted surging off the coasts of Devon and Cornwall in 2025 — have now spread as far as Scotland, Wales, Dorset and East Sussex. Scientists are calling it the biggest bloom ever recorded in UK waters, driven by warming seas. "It is pretty extraordinary," said Bryce Stewart, senior researcher at…