octopus

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Cool-adapted species such as cod are generally moving further north, while numbers of some warm-water species such as octopus have risen around south-west England.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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

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

I mean, an octopus can change colors ten times in a matter of seconds, so all sorts of ridiculous things are possible.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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

As another example, the team, in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources is experimenting with octopots — small ceramic pot homes that may attract octopi, the kelp crab’s natural predator.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

At first I thought he wearing a bunch of giant octopi.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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

The team emphasizes that more research will be needed to determine whether octopuses truly maintain such mental maps.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

"Our work suggests that octopuses might also have internal maps, an internal representation of space."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

"These are little octopuses that live in the deep sea, and hardly anybody on Earth has ever gotten to see them. I just feel lucky that I got to work with them," says Voight.

From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026

Though it’s etymologically illegitimate, octopi is now so common that dictionaries list it as a second choice after octopuses.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner