Aboard HMS Beagle in 1832, near the Cape Verde island of Santiago (then called St Jago), the young naturalist Charles Darwin met his match in the form of a common octopus. Surrounded by the Tank ...

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species. The size record is held by a specimen that was ... have learned to open jars, mimic other octopuses, and ...