It is a natural explorer in the wild and seems to have an impressive memory. It has eight arms, no spine and its very own Web cam. That is how the National Zoo describes its new giant Pacific octopus ...

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Syracuse, N.Y. -- One of the ocean’s strangest-looking but most intelligent creatures will be entertaining visitors with its boneless body and many arms at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse around ...

The newest member of the charismatic cephalopod community at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo may only be the size of a grapefruit now, but he (or she) has some long arms to grow. On Nov. 4 the Zoo’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AKRON, Ohio — The Akron Zoo has a new giant ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AKRON, OH – A bit of sad news from the Akron ...

AKRON, Ohio — The giant Pacific octopus that's the star attraction at the Akron Zoo's new reef exhibit has chosen her name by pulling shrimp from a labeled ball. A list of 2,200 suggestions submitted ...

Let’s shift the local media’s attention away from eminent loser Zack Reed for a moment and talk about someone something that’s absolutely not a washed-up drunk: the Akron Zoo’s new octopus! Not only ...

COLUMBIA — Susan, a giant Pacific octopus at Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, has died, the zoo announced June 12. The male octopus was named in honor of Susan F. Boyd, whose support through The Boyd ...

AKRON, Ohio - The Akron Zoo said it is saddened to announce its giant Pacific octopus, Nani, died on Monday. After a significant decline in health due to old age, zoo staff said they made the ...