Cameron Clifford had finally given in to his son’s pleas and bought him a pet octopus. After several weeks, he was getting the hang of caring for their new tentacled pet - then he discovered what ...

An Oklahoma boy and his father, who are raising a pet octopus and 50 octopus babies, have captured the hearts and attention of over 400,000 TikTok followers. It all began with 9-year-old Cal Clifford ...

EDMOND, Okla. — A family in Edmond, Oklahoma that was hoping to spark a child’s interest with a new pet got a little more than they bargained for. Cal Clifford, 9, has been obsessed with octopuses ...

The California Two-Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculoides), which calls the Californian coast its home, is a small, social cephalopod that’s a popular pet among the cephalopod obsessed. However, one ...

It's not all that unusual to see octopus on a restaurant menu. But an octopus as a family pet? Cameron Clifford of Edmond, Okla. says his 9-year-old son Cal is a huge fan of the eight-legged creatures ...

An Oklahoma family has come to grips with its new reality after acquiring an octopus to raise as a pet, only for her to stunningly produce a small army of hatchlings. “In case it wasn’t already ...

One family just wanted to make their child’s dream come true. However, they might have gotten a bit more than they bargained for after the one octopus they bought for their son multiplied into 51 ...

One pet octopus suddenly became more than four dozen. They went viral. Then it all went south. By Emily Anthes Emily Anthes is a science reporter who writes Pet Theory, a column about our creature ...