Kick off 2026 with Jacksonville Beach’s New Year’s Day Polar Plunge. Here’s your complete guide to times, parking, weather, and what to wear.

The year 2025 has been one unlike any other for Los Angeles. From facing polar wildfires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena to ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --A Swedish musician spent six months working to accomplish the "worst" and "coolest" thing he has ever done: teaching an octopus to play piano. Mattias Krantz, a YouTuber whose content ...

An unusual hot dog, dessert-inspired French toast and more most impressed food writer Kara VanDooijeweert this week. This column publishes on Saturdays, and typically features standout eats from ...

Researchers at UC San Diego have figured out how to get bacteria to produce xanthommatin, the pigment that lets octopuses and squids camouflage. By linking the pigment’s production to bacterial ...

Hugh Freeze is hanging on by a thread to the Auburn coaching job, but he might not have it much longer. Paul Finebaum believes the clock is ticking for the Tigers head man to make something happen ...

In this edition of The Detroit News' OctoPulse podcast, Red Wings beat reporter Ted Kulfan takes a look at the early success of the Red Wings (5-1) heading into Wednesday's game in Buffalo. Also, ...

Mike Norvell's hot-seat status going into the Miami-Florida State game Is Mike Norvell actually on the hot seat? USA TODAY's Matt Hayes and the Tallahassee Democrat's Peter Holland Jr. break it down ...

"We are thankful for how far reaching this story has become," a rep for the Aquarium of the Pacific tells PEOPLE, while sharing its plans to honor her aquarium of the pacific Ghost, a giant octopus at ...