A North Padre Island beachcomber stumbled across an octopus in the water on Dec. 7.

Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...

Dr. Lauren Smith, a marine biologist at research organization Saltwater Life, called the flotsam “an extraordinary find,” ...

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Scientists remotely surveying a previously unexplored area of the ocean located 80 miles southwest of Monterey, California, witnessed a magical spectacle. In the area around an underwater volcano at ...

With ear-like fins that flap gracefully through the water, the Dumbo octopus in this YouTube video looks like it waltzed straight out of an animation studio. But don’t let their cute facade fool you; ...

A new species of shape-shifting octopus has just been described by scientists in Australia. The tiny cephalopod grows only about 1.6 inches across, but it can survive more than half a mile beneath the ...

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An eight-armed blob drifted through the ocean, its “large” fins flapping by its side and propelling it through the water. Little did the deep-sea creature know, it was actually swimming by an ...

Footage of a white octopus flapping its fins as it swims Researchers exploring an underwater mountain in Hawaii's deep sea recently stumbled across a rare, "ghostly" dumbo octopus — one of the deepest ...

A recent sighting of a Dumbo octopus has gone viral, showcasing the bizarre beauty of the deep sea. Filmed by the Ocean Exploration Trust and NOAA, the video was taken while scientists explored the ...

A rare octopus was filmed 1,682 meters below the North Pacific Ocean's surface near Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the name "Dumbo," the octopus was spotted in the waters of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine ...