Help come up with a name for Detroit's new eight-legged creature, as a one-year-old male octopus from the Pacific Northwest has traveled to Belle Isle Aquarium. The aquarium unveiled the octopus tank ...

A resident giant Pacific octopus at the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea now has an official name after a public voting process ...

The first thing visitors ask at the Belle Isle Aquarium is where they can find the octopus. It's also the second thing they ask, as they're standing in front of his tank. "His head is hanging down," ...

SAN DIEGO — It’s National Pumpkin Day and Birch Aquarium’s Giant Pacific Octopus is getting into the Halloween spirit. Aquarists tucked some treats into a pumpkin for the octopus to find as a creative ...

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 ...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Aquarium of Niagara has welcomed a new female Pacific red octopus and it needs your help to name it! The aquarium says its giant Pacific octopus, Babs, died in ...

An octopus that developed a cult following at a California aquarium has been guarding eggs that will never be fertilized as she reaches the end stages of her life. Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus, came ...

There’s an eight-armed painter in Florida and its name is Farallon. The artistic octopus can be found at The Florida Aquarium in Tampa and it has taken up painting as an "enrichment" activity, ...

Inky the octopus must be a fan of “Shawshank Redemption.” According to Stuff, the sea creature escaped from a New Zealand aquarium a few months ago by climbing ...

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, ...

A seven-arm octopus was spotted in Monterey Bay in Nov. 6, 2025; the 'rarely seen' deep-sea octopus was spotted by ...