octopus

OK, I’m casting my mind back to that Pirates of the Caribbean sequel where Bill Nighy had an octopus for a face.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Field had been considered the sentimental favorite in the highly competitive category for her role as Tova Sullivan, a lonely widow who forms a deep bond with an octopus at the aquarium where she works.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

The waters around Sark are home to species including European spiny lobster, rays, catsharks, octopus and pink sea fans.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Among the products targeted by Canada are U.S. steel, aluminum, motorcycles, washers and dryers, chain saws, processed cheese, clams and frozen octopus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

I go back and forth about whether it’s a good thing that a baby octopus starts out life the size of a pencil eraser, because the eraser on my pencil is pretty darn small.

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

It helps form insect exoskeletons, fungal cell walls, fish scales, and structures such as the beaks of squids and octopi.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 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

Fish and octopi darted in and out of the windows.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Common octopuses are usually found in the warmer Mediterranean Sea.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

It’s not clear when the trafficked animals might join the roughly 12,000 turtles, frogs, octopuses, penguins, sharks and other sea creatures currently on public display.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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 environments where octopuses live, including coral reefs and the seafloor, are often highly complex and filled with obstacles.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

The original plural was octopodes, Anglicized over the years to octopuses.

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