A mother octopus broods her eggs near a small outcrop of rock unofficially called El Dorado Hill. When a female octopus broods (which can be a timespan of multiple years), she does not eat and dies ...

BAY VIEW STATE PARK — Educators at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve were surprised by a call Wednesday afternoon asking for their help with a stranded giant Pacific octopus at Bay View ...

Rearing the babies will provide scientists with a rare opportunity to learn about the typically deeper-water creatures ...

A small octopus, roughly 4 inches in size, will be going on view at Maymont’s Robins Nature Center on Friday. “We are so excited to expand Maymont’s aquatic collection with such a fascinating creature ...

The first whole genome analysis of an octopus reveals unique features that likely played a role in the evolution of traits such as large complex nervous systems and adaptive camouflage. An ...

The octopus is an exceptional organism with an extremely complex brain and cognitive abilities that are unique among invertebrates. So much so that in some ways it has more in common with vertebrates ...