octopus

Phishing scams are like an octopus: They have many sticky tentacles.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Long periods of sea heat can trigger mass die-offs among some seagrasses, shellfish and other species, as well as encouraging greater numbers of warm-water creatures including octopus.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Such was the lack of food, another crewmate told the court that they had resorted to eating fish and octopus and fish caught by the dredges to survive.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

To earn a reward, the octopus had to recognize where the image was actually located and move toward that position.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

The lights pulsed like an octopus slowly opening its tentacles.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

That outer shell is built largely from chitin, a tough natural material also found in fungal cell walls, fish scales, and the beaks of squids and octopi.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026

Jewish people were sometimes depicted as octopi in Nazi posters during World War Two.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024

“Some people were turned off by the violence or the octopi scene and felt ‘Oldboy’ was too much of a genre film for competition,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023

Red Wings faithful throw live and dead octopi on the ice to salute three-goal games, and Nashville Predators fans toss catfish.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2021

All the articles of his trade were filed away on the coast, sea cradles here, octopi here, tube worms in another place, sea pansies in another.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Perhaps the most impressive discoveries are animal “cities,” including two assemblies of octopuses, dubbed Octopolis and Octlantis, found off the east coast of Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

A new study published in Current Biology found that octopuses can learn to use mirrors to locate food hidden from direct view, demonstrating sophisticated spatial thinking.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

Tracing the origins of octopuses has long been difficult because their soft bodies rarely fossilize.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

The fossils extend the earliest known record of finned octopuses by about 15 million years and push back the broader octopus timeline by around 5 million years.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

The trinketty shops're full of inflatable octopuses, stunt kites, buckets, and spades.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell