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

The Carnarvon flapjack octopus was collected by scientists on a 2022 CSIRO research voyage, but it wasn't named until last ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Deep-sea creatures often look more like science ... making this one of the best glimpses into an exceptionally rare octopus. Few things are known about the rest of its anatomy.

This was no ordinary expedition. It marked the first in-depth study of the geology, ocean conditions, and marine life beneath ...

Most people think of insects that can blend into a pile of leaves or an octopus that can match its ... round eyes. Deep-sea marine animals typically have larger eyes, which help them capture ...

Yet that's what the self-proclaimed 'fish nerds' at the Seaside Aquarium said happened when a rare and frightening deep-sea fish happened to wash up on ... In its stomach, they found several squid and ...

The sight of octopuses hanging out in the sun is a common feature on all Greek islands during the summer. But what is the ...