A mother in Texas says her 6-year-old son was injured after a giant Pacific octopus grabbed his arm when he reached into a ...

Just ask Kong, an octopus whose mating session was canceled because he’s too big. Kong was scheduled to be the main attraction at a Seattle Aquarium event that showcases the mating of the eight ...

A new exhibit at Italy's Genoa Aquarium is said to house the world's largest octopus species.The new space devoted to animals of the Pacific opened a few days ago. There are many new animals ...

The mate the aquarium chose for the 70-lb. octopus was only half his weight Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared ...

Aquarium staff say they're afraid that their male octopus - a 70-pound cephalopod named Kong - is too big for the females who are 30 to 40 pounds, and he may eat them. So much for romance!

The Seattle Aquarium's octopus named Kong didn't see any romance on Valentine's Day. The aquarium holds an annual mating event on Feb. 14 and invites the public to watch a male and female mollusk ...

The annual exhibition was cancelled after staff became fearful that Kong, an enourmous, 70-pound octopus, was so big he might mistake a much smaller female for food instead of a sexual partner.

Truman the octopus. Truman squeezed into a clear, acrylic box while trying to snag his lunch at the New England Aquarium in Boston.

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An octopus no bigger than a pencil eraser? It's true: The Caribbean pygmy octopuses that hatched this month at The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla., are no bigger than about a ...