Boaters off the coast of California got the chance to spot a sea creature “trifecta.” “Calm seas” allowed for onlookers to ...

A Spanish company plans to open an octopus farm. This has caused global concern. Scientists and activists are worried about ...

Researchers said the rare species “abruptly disappeared” from the region following an El Niño event. Now it is thriving.

It is a small octopus, with a body length up to 40 mm, and has an orange-brown coloration. "Dumbo octopus are a rare and unusual species that live on the seafloor.

Many of us are familiar with the common sea animals like dolphins, sharks, and turtles, but there are also rare and unusual ...

Watch rare footage of deep sea "octopus squid" reveal its bioluminescent photophores as it attacks an underwater camera. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Images from a video show the Dana octopus squid latching on to the camera (left) and its photophores (right). The deep-sea squid is a rare sight. Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Center ...

University of Costa Rica researcher Fiorella Vásquez studies a deep-sea octopus sample during the expedition. Conor Ashleigh / Schmidt Ocean Institute under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED ...

Now the researchers have confirmed these deep-sea dwellers are members of an entirely new, yet-to-be-named species, nicknamed the “Dorado octopus.” ...

Scientists filmed wild animals in the deep sea in 2023, including a sprawling octopus colony, a fish swimming at 27,000 feet down, and a colossal phantom jellyfish.

The rare octopus was spotted by scientists during a deep-sea research expedition. On September 13, a team of marine explorers on a NOAA-funded expedition encountered a rare dumbo octopus in the ...

Deep sea explorers came upon this rare creature known as a dumbo octopus on Sept. 13 while their research vessel was 5,500 feet deep down on the North Pacific Ocean floor.