Octopuses, famous for their strange appearance, keep surprising us with their intelligent skills and fascinating behaviors. While every type of these sea creatures produces venom, only the blue-ringed ...

If you are hiking off the coast of northern Washington and exploring tidepools, the last thing you would probably expect to find would be a giant Pacific octopus swimming around in it! But a group of ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...

When Washington enacted its prohibition on octopus farms, it was a preemptive move as there were none operating or proposed in the state at the time. Most octopus consumed in restaurants in Washington ...

Madrona Point in British Columbia, Canada, is a popular spot for diving. These waters are also home to the giant Pacific octopus, the largest octopus species on Earth. In this YouTube video, a diver ...

It’s not every day that scientists discover a new species of octopus, but that is exactly what has happened off the coast of western Australia. During a CSIRO research expedition to the Carnarvon ...

A giant Pacific octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific has died, the institution announced this week. The octopus, named Goji, came to Long Beach’s aquarium in March 2023, according to its vice ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — One of the popular animals on exhibit at Riverbanks Zoo has passed. Susan, the Giant Pacific Octopus (GPO), has died. The favorite animal of benefactor Susan Boyd, the eight-armed ...

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk recently got a new eight-legged resident. The aquarium added a new female giant Pacific octopus to its collection of sea creatures in August, according to Maritime ...