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 ...

When stretched from tip to tip, the world's largest octopus species, the giant Pacific octopus, has an arm measurement of 7 feet or more, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.

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 ...

Reaching 4.3 metres in height and weighing more than 70 kg, the giant octopus has almost no bones, allowing it to slip into very small crevices to reach for food or hide from predators.

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, ...