When Cameron Clifford bought his son an octopus as a pet, he had no idea what adventures they were in for. Sharing their exciting journey on TikTok, the family now has more than 380,000 followers ...

He bought a baby octopus from a market to stop it from ending up on someone’s dinner plate. After negotiating the price down ...

A mysterious little blue octopus discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the waters of the Galápagos Islands has officially been identified as a brand-new species. About the size of a golf ball, the tiny ...

A 9-year-old Oklahoma boy's unorthodox choice of pet has gone viral on TikTok as he's adopted an octopus that he named Terrance. Cal Clifford's parents said their son wanted an octopus as a pet more ...

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Cameron Clifford had finally given in to his son’s pleas and bought him a pet octopus. After several weeks, he was getting the hang of caring for their new tentacled pet — then he discovered what ...

Octopuses and other camouflaging cephalopods may be the literal embodiment of “now you see me, now you don’t.” Using both rapid color and texture changes, octopuses can blend into nearly every ...

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It could be easy to miss a blob the size of a golf ball. But its blue hue—the rarest color in nature—stood out against the sand, grabbing researchers’ attention. It wasn’t a blob but an adorable blue ...