A rare blanket octopus, known for the web-like membrane between its arms. The species made an unusual appearance near Almyropotamos Beach on Evia, Greece. Credit: Flickr / Fish and Wildlife Research ...

Thomas Mulligan investigates the groundbreaking discovery of complex neural activity in cephalopods, revealing that these deep-sea creatures may experience vivid dream states similar to humans.

The palm-size creature was spotted and collected during a research expedition more than a decade ago, but scientists have just identified it as a previously undescribed species ...

Record numbers linked to warming waters is mixed news for fishers, with shellfish catches down but octopus catches booming Record numbers of octopuses found off the south-west coast of England last ...

Nearly 1,800 meters beneath the surface of the Pacific, a remotely operated submersible was creeping along the slope of a Galápagos seamount when its camera caught a tiny, dark blue octopus perched in ...

Scientists recently uncovered fossilized jawbones of Nanaimoteuthis haggarti – a massive, kraken-like octopus that roamed Earth about 72 million years ago.According to a recent study published in the ...

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An octopus about the size of a golf ball was first spotted in 2015 near Darwin Island. A new study gives it both a formal description and a name. The octopus was first spotted in 2015 during a ...

A tiny blue octopus about the size of a golf ball was discovered off the coast of the Galápagos Islands. Thousands of animals, including this little octopus, named Microeledone galapagensis, call the ...

Scientists knew they had encountered something special when they first saw the tiny blue octopus in the depths of the Galapagos Islands. And it must have been very exciting for the one person who knew ...

On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean that "could curl up in the palm of your hand." "He's tiny!

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