A local photographer's discovery of an octopus in the water near Corpus Christi has wowed social media users.

The algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus), also called the prickly octopus, lives in the Indo-West Pacific. Despite its modest size — its mantle (main body) is only 3 inches long with arms stretching up ...

The animal can reach lengths of 13 feet and weigh up to 165 pounds.

Off the coast of California is an unusual “octopus garden” — the largest congregation of deep-sea octopuses ever discovered on Earth, where over 6,000 octopuses huddle around an extinct underwater ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Haystack Rock Awareness Program in Cannon Beach has received reports of beached octopuses in the past, but they’ve always turned out to be crabs, starfish or other sea ...

Two miles below the ocean surface off Monterey, California, warm water percolates from the seafloor at the base of an underwater mountain. It’s a magical place, especially if you’re an octopus. We now ...

In an excerpt from the new book Secrets of the Octopus, an animal lover offers insight into this “strange, beautiful, curious creature.” Heavy webbing between the arms of a female blanket octopus ...