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 ...

An octopus attacked a 6-year-old boy at an interactive exhibit at the San Antonio Aquarium, according to his mother — who also claimed workers brushed off the incident involving what they called the ...

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 ...

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, ...

In this year’s Alliance One Book One Community title, Montgomery recounts her friendships with several octopuses. She ...

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 ...

A well-loved octopus named Inky escaped recently from the National Aquarium in New Zealand. Aquarium manager Rob Yarrall says the lid to the octopus’ tank was left slightly ajar after maintenance one ...

TACOMA —The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma has a new resident: a 32-pound female giant Pacific octopus. For the next week, the Pacific Seas Aquarium is holding a poll asking people to vote on ...

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 ...

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