When scientists dropped a video camera to the seafloor off Rotuma in the South Pacific Ocean, they filmed an octopus lashing out at a grouper.

Scientists use weights to keep their camera equipment in place on the seabed – but this ocean dweller was strong enough to ...

A beloved octopus that has drawn thousands of people's attention at the Aquarium of the Pacific has entered the final phase of its life, which will be fully devoted to eggs that can never hatch. Ghost ...

A 6-year-old was hurt when an octopus latched on to his arm after the boy reached into a touch tank at the San Antonio Aquarium, his mother said. The giant Pacific octopus is seen here a photograph ...

Researchers studying a deep-sea octopus called Muusoctopus robustus have found thousands of the animals congregating at hydrothermal springs near an underwater mountain off California, raising fresh ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- A dying octopus in a Southern California aquarium is receiving an outflowing of love and well wishes as she spends her final days pouring her last energy into caring for her eggs ...

The five-week voting bracket culminated in two names: one that reflects the giant pacific octopus' adorable appearance, the other that reflects her cheeky personality.

The tide of summertime change continues at the Tennessee Aquarium with a new arrival to the Lemur Forest exhibit and fresh new digs for a guest-favorite cephalopod. Kintana, a two-year-old female ...

This is a different kind of ghost story. It’s about an octopus. Her impending death. And the love and wonder she has inspired. I first heard about Ghost, the giant Pacific octopus at Long Beach’s ...

Octopuses already exist in a strange corner of the animal world, with soft bodies, problem-solving brains, and the ability to change color in a blink. Even within that group, a handful of species push ...

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 ...