The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species. The size record is held by a specimen that was 30 feet across and weighed more than 600 pounds. Averages are ...

The octopus is highly intelligent. It’s also a favorite food of humans around the world. In Spain, a proposed octopus farm ...

“I remember reading one about a lab where all the fish were going missing from their tank ... For example, a BBC video shows a giant Pacific octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, poaching crabs from a ...

Octopuses have eight tentacles. It’s right in their name. But Fitz, the Giant Pacific Octopus at the Great Lakes Aquarium, kind of has nine. “She has a split in the arm, probably from an early ...

The legacy of "Olive," a well-known, beloved Giant Pacific Octopus who lived in Puget Sound at Des Moines' Redondo Beach, lives on thanks to the extraordinary efforts of the local dive community, ...

the giant octopus has almost no bones, allowing it to slip into very small crevices to reach for food or hide from predators. Its head contains all vital organs including three hearts, while the ...

These are the weird reasons octopuses change shape and color These are the weird reasons octopuses change shape and color An octopus invited this writer into her tank—and her secret world An ...