For Shelby Van Pelt, her brilliant idea began by going down "a YouTube rabbit hole," she said. "Like, a naughty octopus rabbit hole," Van Pelt added, laughing. "There's so many great videos out ...

With its beguiling octopus narrator, Shelby Van Pelt’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures” has notable staying power and is back on the best-seller list — a year and a half after its release.

See About archive blog posts. The Associated Press in Berlin says octopus oracle Paul is picking Germany to win again, this time over Argentina in a World Cup quarterfinal. Paul, an octopus at Sea ...

Often, when Van Pelt makes a visit to a bookstore or library for an appearance, she is told that readers have been clamoring for “that octopus book.” Alexa Viscius for The New York Times ...