In 1925, Alexander Calder joined the circus—in a sense. As an illustrator for the National Police Gazette, he was dispatched to cover the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at New York’s ...

Henry VIII was in love many times—or at least, he was married many times. When mention is made, however, of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, the first of his six wives, the focus tends to be less ...

Upset by our video of the live octopus hot pot, PETA member Belinda Heinikey-Williamson threatened to protest at the Westword offices today at 11 a.m. That hour has come and gone, though, with not a ...

Round these parts, we’ve been known to make a lot of the IMAX experience. While there are other, very fine, and to some degree technically superior systems, there is still nothing that compares to ...

Plunging into the chilly waters off the western coast of Canada, a pair of scuba divers swam along the seafloor near an octopus. The “curious” animal eventually approached them and briefly took one of ...

Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

Striations, grooves, and mud deposits from anchor retrieval were visible in the substrate of the ocean floor. At the disturbed sites, little to no marine life was present. Credit: Matt Mulrennan / ...

POULSBO, Wash. — The free aquarium in Poulsbo has eels and anemones. But they want an octopus. "One of the first questions we get asked when people come to Sea Discovery Center is, 'Where's the ...

Ayyyy! Fonzie and Richie Cunningham are back! Nostalgia is the theme of the Emmys 2024 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and the most celebrated night in television — hosted by “Schitt’s Creek” ...