David Scheel, an octopus researcher and professor of marine biology at Alaska Pacific University, met his first octopus in 1995 in a Cordova aquarium. Although he had a background in animal behavior, ...

A large creature is being assembled behind the scenes at the Alaska State Library, Archives and Museum, and by spring it will be alive. In the museum’s carpentry shop, 14-foot-long arms frozen in both ...

Grandfather is fishing for king salmon on the Mercedes, his 40-foot wood troller. The boat rocks, and he turns toward the jerking lines. He reels the girdies, and as the lines comes up, he sees it: a ...

An Alaskan professor raises an octopus in his home. Follow an Alaskan professor as he raises and studies a day octopus in his home, making remarkable discoveries about its extraordinary intelligence, ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's SeaLife Center is getting its third shot at raising thousands of octopus hatchlings, hoping at least one of the translucent mollusks will grow into its 50-pound, ...

KENAI, Alaska — Alaska’s SeaLife Center is getting its third shot at raising thousands of octopus hatchlings, hoping at least one of the translucent mollusks will grow into its 50-pound, ...

Check out this video shot by Alaskan boater, Chance Miller. You can see an octopus has made its way on board and is constantly searching for a way off the boat and back in the water. In the video ...