Is the giant Pacific octopus dangerous to humans? Why would it want to target a diver and his equipment deep in the ocean?

The North Pacific giant octopus is the world's largest octopus. It's almost as big as a car, with an arm span exceeding four ...

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species. The size record is held by a specimen that was 30 feet across and weighed more than 600 pounds. Averages are ...

There is footage of similar sneaky behaviour and ingenious problem-solving happening in the wild. For example, a BBC video shows a giant Pacific octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, poaching crabs from a ...

These are the weird reasons octopuses change shape and color These are the weird reasons octopuses change shape and color An octopus invited this writer into her tank—and her secret world An ...

A team of oceanographers led by the Schmidt Ocean Institute has made a significant discovery in the Southeast Pacific, uncovering and mapping a previously unknown seamount on the Nazca Ridge ...

Octopuses have eight tentacles. It's right in their name. But Fitz, the Giant Pacific Octopus at the Great Lakes Aquarium, ...

Octopus farming would be banned in Oregon under a bill that animal welfare advocates claim is necessary to protect the ocean ...

Rather than pouncing on its prey, the larger Pacific striped octopus extends a tentacle and taps its victim, startling it into the octopus's deadly embrace. (Video courtesy Roy Caldwell ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo says its giant Pacific octopus has died. Chalupa was about 3 years old. She had been at the zoo since 2022. The zoo says giant Pacific octopuses usually live 3 to 5 years ...