The palm-size creature was spotted and collected during a research expedition more than a decade ago, but scientists have ...

Scientists have officially named a brand new octopus species, Microeledone galapagensis, discovered nearly 6,000 feet below the Galápagos The post Scientists discover brand new species of octopus and ...

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It could be easy to miss a blob the size of a golf ball. But its blue hue—the rarest color in nature—stood out against the sand, grabbing researchers’ attention. It wasn’t a blob but an adorable blue ...

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (WKRC) - Scientists shared their discovery that an "adorable" octopus that can fit in your hand is actually an entirely new species. The octopus was discovered in 2015 off the coast ...

As an octopus biologist, I get a call from the media every summer because someone has had an encounter with a blue-ringed octopus. Thankfully, everyone has been OK. Blue-ringed octopus are famed for ...

Octopus, squid, and cuttlefish aid marine food webs and carbon storage, revealing how climate change reshapes oceans and ...

The octopus is one of the coolest animals in the sea. For starters, they are invertebrates. That means they don’t have backbones like humans, lions, turtles and birds. That may sound unusual, but ...