Cameron Clifford had finally given in to his son’s pleas and bought him a pet octopus. After several weeks, he was getting ...

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(Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP) (Photo by IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images) Smythe, by then a widower, had grown old, bored and depressed, living in Jamaica and tending a pet octopus he ...

A 9-year-old Oklahoma boy had his dreams come true — a pet octopus named Terrance. Cal Clifford has had a penchant for the cephalopods since he was 2 years old, his father Cameron said. So with lots ...

Explore 14 highlights from the collection, including specimens collected by Captain James Cook, a giant squid, and Charles Darwin's pet octopus. This small, unassuming common octopus (Octopus vulgaris ...