Octopuses have a way of making familiar rules feel optional. They live on Earth but behave like visitors with a different ...

Equally mysterious and beautiful, octopuses are captivating creatures. There are over 300 octopus species, and they thrive in ...

The aquarium claims the mother of six-year-old son Leo "leaned her child over the exhibit barrier, allowing him to reach into the habitat without staff supervision" The San Antonio Aquarium is ...

Octopuses have a high metabolic rate which requires more oxygen. Their copper-based hemocyanin transports oxygen in low temperatures, due to which their blood appears blue. Octopuses' two hearts pump ...

‘They're way more interesting than they are creepy, once you start to learn about them,’ says Vancouver Aquarium curator. In the Lower Mainland, octopuses take a back seat to the Instagram marine ...

POULSBO — Four years after the last Giant Pacific Octopus at the SEA Discovery Center was released back to the sea, the marine science center in Poulsbo has plans to bring one back. SEA will work with ...

Ghost, a giant octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific, entered the final stage of her life cycle in early September The aquarium’s vice president of animal care, Nate Jaros, tells PEOPLE exclusively ...

For this magnificent animal, intelligence is a means of survival. Photo courtesy of the Vancouver Aquarium. Meeting an octopus is a little like meeting a mythological creature. At the Vancouver ...