Are there octopus in the Gulf of Maine? Do they come close to shore? I think that many of us have a fear of being pulled under by a large tentacle thanks to those 1960s horror films. Rest easy, that ...

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“Would you like to meet it?” asks Mote Marine Aquarium biologist Kerry Lee as she gestures to the tank in front of us. I am at Mote’s aquarium on the opposite side of the glass from where visitors are ...