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 ...

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

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Proponents of octopus farming claim it can reduce fishing pressure on wild octopus populations by supplying the seafood industry, and even suggest that these efforts could contribute to restocking ...