The largest octopus is the giant Pacific octopus. As its name suggests, the Giant Pacific Octopus lives in the North Pacific Ocean. Bigger octopuses generally tend to live longer than smaller ...

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 ...

A sprawling new documentary series, The Americas takes viewers to the southern tip of Chile, the frozen north of Alaska and ...

Blanket octopus pairs are some of the undersea world ... They can also weigh up to 40,000 times more than males. That's one of the largest size differences between males and females—called ...

North Pacific giant octopus hug massive crab, such as snow crabs, to paralyze them instantly. Then they use their suckers to crush their prey to pieces before enjoying the feast.

Two miles beneath the ocean surface, at the base of a deep-sea seamount they uncovered the largest known gathering of octopus in the world – 20,000 pearl octopus breeding in warm hydrothermal ...

The Mississippi Aquarium announced today their Giant Pacific Octopus Bubblewrap has passed away after showing signs of ...