Nine-year-old Cal Clifford from Edmond, Oklahoma got Terrance the octopus on his ninth birthday, but the family got a ...

“In case it wasn’t already obvious, octopus are not common pets,” octodad Cameron Clifford, of Oklahoma City, posted to TikTok last week. “In fact, octopus are not very common in Oklahoma ...

Scientists have discovered that mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the ...

"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.

Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, according to a new study. The males have evolved to use a venom called ...

The Clifford family shared a sad update about the family octopus Terrance, after the adopted sea creature for their nine-year ...

Along the rocky shores of eastern Australia, a small brown octopus is unassuming as it blends in with its surroundings. When the octopus is scared or hungry, however, it becomes one of the most ...

The bill has drawn enormous public support but also raised fundamental questions about the intelligence of all the animals Oregonians eat.