The giant Pacific octopus is currently the size of an orange. That’s more than seven times the size she was when a resident ...

Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

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WICHITA, Kan. -- A 2-year-old boy hospitalized after a small octopus became wedged in this throat showed signs of improvement Thursday as the investigation pressed on, Wichita police said. The boy, ...

Scientists have long wondered whether the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is a ticking time bomb in terms of sea level rise. New evidence from the DNA of a small octopus that lives in the Southern Ocean ...

A surprise discovery at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla is shedding new light and providing first-of-its-kind information about what researchers call a mysterious octopus species that typically is in ...

Listen. If you can, take a moment and watch this peaceful, good-feeling video of a scuba diver and an octopus. Octopi? Octopuses? Honestly, who even knows anymore, but tell me it didn't hit a sweet ...