In 2017, a remotely operated vehicle descended the rocky slopes of the Caroline Seamount in the Western Pacific and collected ...
New species found: Researchers confirmed Grimpoteuthis feitiana as a new dumbo octopus species from a 1,240-meter-deep specimen in the Western Pacific. ROV technology's role: Remotely operated ...
A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...
Can you imagine spending your entire life without ever touching the floor? Well, that’s the reality for this octopus. Pelagic ...
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; ...
Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest invertebrates ever.
A submersible in the Pacific Ocean found a deep-sea creature with “long,” sucker-covered arms and discovered a new species, a study said. Screenshot from video shared via Tang, Zheng and Zhang (2025) ...
Every octopus alive today exists because its mother died for it, and the answer is written into her DNA. Here is the genetics and biology behind one of nature's most ruthless and elegant designs.