SAN DIEGO — "We are going to take a look at one of our most charismatic animals at the aquarium," said Kaelie Spencer. She is an aquarist from Birch Aquarium who offered the first ever ...

Out of sight from visitors and school field trips, Birch Aquarium in La Jolla is quietly raising more than 3,000 tiny octopus ...

Learn what this seven-armed cephalopod loves to eat and how it catches its prey. Lurking in the ocean’s twilight zone — an area between 650 and 3,000 feet below the surface where light rarely reaches ...

Learn about some of Puget Sound’s most interesting creatures at events Saturday-Feb. 27 including daily octopus feeding and talks; octopus release into Elliott Bay, watch by video feed, noon Saturday ...

Matthew Gallagher, 37, accused of force feeding an octopus to his girlfriend’s toddler in April pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor charges Thursday morning. File photo The man accused of force feeding ...