In the northern Pacific Ocean, GPOs live in water as deep as 4,900 feet (1,500 meters). Occasionally, they can be found in shallow tide pools. Giant Pacific octopuses, or GPOs, as they are known at ...

The northern giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) is the largest, longest-lived octopus species. Although its average length and mass are 5 metres and 20 to 50 kilograms respectively, the ...

A giant Pacific octopus featured in the "Spineless" exhibit at the New York Aquarium, takes a rest on the first day of reopening, Aug. 24, 2020, in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews ...

The giant Pacific octopus was spotted by an Ocean Networks Canada video camera on the sea floor off Vancouver Island’s west coast, clinging to rocks and coral buffeted by the currents at about 2 ...

We’ve all grown up fearing sharks, the ultimate ocean predator. But what if I told you the ocean has another contender for the crown? Picture this: a shark minding its business, and then—BAM!—an ...

Ocean Networks Canada’s camera set up in Folger Passage near Bamfield on Vancouver Island, captured a giant Pacific octopus trying to use all eight arms to cling to the rocks during the height ...

A giant Pacific octopus featured in the "Spineless" exhibit at the New York Aquarium, takes a rest on the first day of reopening, Aug. 24, 2020, in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews Even ...

Even with eight legs it was difficult to hang on during this week’s bomb cyclone in British Columbia, with a remote camera capturing an octopus battling currents whipped up by the hurricane ...

The giant Pacific octopus was spotted by an Ocean Networks Canada video camera on the sea floor off Vancouver Island’s west coast, clinging to rocks and coral buffeted by the currents early ...