Scientists have officially named a brand new octopus species, Microeledone galapagensis, discovered nearly 6,000 feet below ...

A newly identified species was found in the Galápagos Islands, one of the world’s most significant biodiverse areas. The tiny ...

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Legend has it, Ringo Starr wrote Abbey Road’s “Octopus’s Garden” after a sailing trip in Sardinia with the late Pink Panther actor, Peter Sellers. Sellers told Ringo about how octopuses liked ...

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Can you imagine spending your entire life without ever touching the floor? Well, that’s the reality for this octopus. Pelagic octopuses go their entire lives without ever touching the shore or the ...

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

Researchers with the Ocean Exploration Trust were exploring the ocean floor of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument when they found it A livestream of a deep sea expedition caught a ghostly ...

Thousands of octopus moms displaying a mysterious social behavior among deep-sea hydrothermal springs off the central coast of California may have led scientists to an exciting breakthrough, according ...

Two miles under the ocean’s surface, in one final act, a lavendar-colored pearl octopus about the size of a grapefruit selects a nesting site. After gluing about 60 sausage-shaped eggs to that perfect ...

Researchers with the Ocean Exploration Trust were exploring the ocean floor of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument when they found it Kimberlee Speakman is a Writer-Reporter on the News ...