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

The Giant Eclipse Octopus is going viral on Facebook. The page Science and Space Daily uploaded a picture of a Kraken-like creature and claimed it was supposedly found in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine ...

Learn what this seven-armed cephalopod loves to eat and how it catches its prey.

Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...

The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s biodiversity and biooptics team on Nov. 6, the institute confirmed to SFGATE via email. Prior ...

Madrona Point in British Columbia, Canada, is a popular spot for diving. These waters are also home to the giant Pacific octopus, the largest octopus species on Earth. In this YouTube video, a diver ...

If you are hiking off the coast of northern Washington and exploring tidepools, the last thing you would probably expect to find would be a giant Pacific octopus swimming around in it! But a group of ...

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk recently got a new eight-legged resident. The aquarium added a new female giant Pacific octopus to its collection of sea creatures in August, according to Maritime ...