Caption: An octopus cyanea hunting with a blacktip grouper on one side and a gold-saddle goatfish (‘blue goatfish’) on the other. An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not ...

An octopus showing an unusual outburst of liveliness was caught red-tentacled at the Alabama Aquarium, as it apparently ...

The Red Sea, sandwiched between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, is teeming with life, including octopuses and more than a thousand species of fish. Every day, the goal of these creatures ...

A mother in Texas is raising concerns after a Giant Pacific Octopus at the San Antonio Aquarium latched onto her 6-year-old son’s arm and refused to let go, leaving behind visible bruises. The ...

A giant Pacific octopus — named Grindylow, after the underwater cryptid from English folklore — recently died at the Aquarium of the Pacific, officials announced this week. The female octopus was ...

Octopuses, long considered solitary creatures, are now engaging in complex, cooperative hunting behavior with fish, displaying shared leadership and sophisticated teamwork, according to a new study ...

Video from a recent study shows multiple examples of octopuses using their tentacles to punch fish, but it's not part of a sanctioned aquatic boxing match. Instead, researchers said the animals do ...

Conservationist Christina Hicks explains the tension between protecting marine life and depending on it for food, and how our ...

The octopus had been in the aquarium's care since May 2024.

A captive octopus went all "Finding Nemo" with a clever escape plan that took him from an aquarium tank back into the wilds of the ocean. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news ...

The San Antonio Aquarium has responded after a 6-year-old boy was left covered in bruises from an encounter with a giant Pacific octopus The San Antonio Aquarium said "The octopus displayed typical, ...