A rarely seen deep-sea creature has just been captured on film—and what the camera revealed left researchers speechless.

The tiny Carnarvon flapjack octopus is the latest of ten species described by Australian scientists after a 2022 research ...

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

Vampire squids are unusual, deep-sea creatures found around the world ... Despite its name and appearance, this animal is neither a squid nor an octopus. Instead, vampire squids belong to their ...

“Through hard work, our team discovered new hydrothermal springs offshore Costa Rica and confirmed that they host nurseries of deep-sea octopus and unique biodiversity,” said Orcutt.

members of an octopus species guard their eggs. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute More newfound octopi in a deep sea nursery. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute Overall, the expedition spotted hundreds ...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, a reddish sea creature with “massive eyes” used its “long” arms to ...

The scientists believe the octopus is a new species of Muusoctopus. A deep-sea octopus nursery, just the third known to exist, has been discovered off the coast of Costa Rica, according to the ...

Deep-sea octopus eggs can take five years to develop in the freezing temperatures of the ocean. However, the incubation period could be significantly reduced by warmer waters. Fact check ...