An image shared online in December 2025 was an authentic drone picture of a gargantuan octopus spotted in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Giant Eclipse Octopus is going viral on Facebook. The page Science and Space Daily uploaded a picture of a Kraken-like creature and claimed it was supposedly found in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine ...

Madrona Point in British Columbia, Canada, is a popular spot for diving. These waters are also home to the giant Pacific octopus, the largest octopus species on Earth. In this YouTube video, a diver ...

An authentic photograph shows the body of a massive octopus washed up on the coast of Indonesia. The image in question showed five visible tentacles and the body of the octopus, with local beachgoers ...

The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s biodiversity and biooptics team on Nov. 6, the institute confirmed to SFGATE via email. Prior ...

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk recently got a new eight-legged resident. The aquarium added a new female giant Pacific octopus to its collection of sea creatures in August, according to Maritime ...

Martin and Chris show how intelligent giant Pacific octopus really are! Martin and Chris talk about how the giant Pacific octopus is the most intelligent invertebrate creature. They test the ...

If you are hiking off the coast of northern Washington and exploring tidepools, the last thing you would probably expect to find would be a giant Pacific octopus swimming around in it! But a group of ...

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel reported that it has opened two new exhibitions for the 2026 ...

Giant Light-Up Octopus Takes Over Ottawa as Protesters Call for a Deep-Sea Mining Ban ...

What would you do if a giant octopus approached you and went in for a hug? Scuba diver Andrea Humphreys stood her ground and accepted the affection on a recent dive. She has been out in the water near ...