New Zealand's National Aquarium just found out the hard way after its octopus, Inky, managed to wiggle its way out of a small gap at the top of its tank, crawl across the floor to a six-inch-wide ...

According to Montgomery, octopus escapes from aquariums are common. "They can squeeze through the tiniest spaces and easily, a 100-pound octopus can squeeze through an opening the size of an ...

We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

Guess that happened. This isn't the first time a captive octopus decided to take matters into its own hands - er, tentacles. In 2009, after a two-spotted octopus at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium ...

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 ...

Aquarium education specialist Nick Fash told the Los Angeles Times he jury-rigged his octopus tank piping with clamps and tape to prevent a similar fiasco. "She would need tools, "Fash told the ...

The female octopus available was about half his weight, forcing the aquarium to call off the sex session. Kong’s size may have saved his life – for now. An octopus dies soon after mating.

Octopus Week at Seattle Aquarium is this Saturday through Feb. 27. Giant Pacific octopuses will be released into Puget Sound on Saturday and Feb. 26 at noon, and visitors will be able to watch by ...

Why go to a pumpkin patch or apple orchard when you can enjoy fall underwater? Visit Newport Aquarium this September for a ...

This artistic octopus gives Pablo Picasso a run for his money.. A sweet video of a cephalopod using its tentacles to "paint" on a canvas provided by aquarium caretakers has gone viral online and ...

Pacific giant octopus Farallon created two paintings at The Florida Aquarium in June 2021. It is the first time the aquatic animal has done so in the Tampa facility, Aquarium Biologist Halley ...