Octopuses are rather bizarre creatures, often appearing more alien than other animals on our planet. They have a highly ...

Tiny, pulsing octopus infants live in plankton for about two months to bulk up, sometimes piling on an astonishing 10 percent of their weight a day before heading deeper to seek out a den.

The popular giant pacific octopus will have a large new habitat located in the Octopus Den. Upon entering the cage, visitors will find a new floor-to-ceiling display where the animal can explore ...

Octopus Den will also have other octopuses and fish, as well. The exhibit's first visitors will meet the wunderpus, which is an striped octopus that mimics the appearance of venomous animals, ...

NEWPORT, Ky. — As the Newport Aquarium celebrates its 25th year, a new exhibit is set to open this week! "Ring of Fire: World of the Octopus" will "feature seven different displays focused on ...

The surprise, however, is that the octopus he has approached is not a female at all but, rather, a male — and a big one at that — who is guarding the female's den.

Craig Foster spent a year diving — without oxygen or a wetsuit — into the frigid sea near Cape Town, South Africa. One octopus began coming out of her den to hunt or explore while Foster watched.

In its small glass aquarium, an octopus is coiled placidly in its den. Then, a crab falls into the tank. The octopus scrambles to fling itself over the crab, looking less like a finely honed ...

This east Pacific red octopus is in the same family as squid, cuttlefish — and kraken. (UW Laboratory of Comparative Systems Neuroscience Photo) With Seattle Kraken hockey franchise making its ...

Craig Foster spent a year diving — without oxygen or a wetsuit — into the frigid sea near Cape Town, South Africa. One octopus began coming out of her den to hunt or explore while Foster watched.