A diver in Canada is shocked when a giant Pacific octopus reaches out, grabs his hand with its suckers, and begins pulling.

NEW ZEALAND (CBS) - An incredible moment was caught on camera in Kaikoura, New Zealand when a seal slapped a canoer with an octopus on Saturday. The video shows the seal coming out of the water ...

To prepare the octopus and stewed beans, start with the mollusk, already eviscerated and cleaned. Immerse it in plenty of salted water for about 30 minutes (1). If you prefer, you can also dip the ...

This location, dubbed “octopus garden,” is the largest known aggregation of these mollusks in the world, though it doesn’t attract much else of equal size.

I was inspired to meet the mollusk after watching My Octopus Teacher, a Netflix documentary that follows a man’s extraordinary friendship with an octopus while diving near his home in South Africa.

Called Shishania aculeata, the new fossil reveals that the earliest molluscs (animals that do not have a backbone) were flat, shell-less slugs covered in a protective spiny armour.

“My Octopus Teacher,” a story of one man learning about life and love from an eight-tentacled mollusk, may sound like kid stuff in comparison. Don’t be fooled.

A 2020 Netflix documentary, “My Octopus Teacher,” has spurred people to think differently about eating octopus. Courtesy Netflix Matt Seidmon, 29, was sucked into the cause after watching YouTube.

An Australian free diver got a closer wildlife encounter than perhaps intended after a gregarious octopus wrapped her face in a tentacled embrace. Footage of the molluscular make-out session has ...

The idea that humans and mollusks could have any kind of relationship is remarkable when considering the evolutionary distance between the species. Yet watch the playful relationship between a ...

An octopus floats against a backdrop of blue ocean off Hawaii. The mollusks are intelligent, playful and full of surprises, according to Sy Montgomery, author of the book.

Everyone wanted to pet Octavia. And no wonder. She was beautiful, graceful, and affectionate. The fact that she was boneless, slimy, and living in painfully cold, 47-degree water deterred none of us.