The annual Dumbo Drop returns Friday, May 30, bringing with it thousands of toy elephants parachuting from the rooftops of Dumbo’s Washington Street in one of the city’s most delightfully ...

The dozen or so species that make up Grimpoteuthis are called Dumbo octopuses because of the two large fins—one on either side of the mantle—that protrude like ears. Add in the octopus’s ...