An image shared online in December 2025 was an authentic drone picture of a gargantuan octopus spotted in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium on Sanibel reported that it has opened two new exhibitions for the 2026 ...

While modern octopuses have DNA that consistently gets reshuffled, resulting in some chromosomal mixing, the researchers ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon resident Ilyse Sheppard shared these photos of some large octopus tentacles that recently washed ashore on the Oregon Coast. The gangly tentacles, which washed up on the ...

"We see this difference between the octopus and squid as reflecting an evolutionary timeline and adaptation, where we see transition from neurotransmission in acetylcholine receptors to soluble bitter ...

Architeuthis dux, better known as the giant squid, is likely the inspiration for the legendary kraken. The Granger Collection, New York There are few monsters left in the world. As our species has ...

A tentacle from a rare seven-arm octopus has washed up on a beach – and it might just be its reproductive appendage. The hefty tentacle was discovered by a passerby at Forvie National Nature Reserve ...

The longest tentacle was over 16 feet long and washed up in New Zealand. — -- A giant squid washed up on a beach on New Zealand's South Island this week, a local aquarium reported on its Facebook ...