Scientists have discovered at least four new species of octopus in the deep waters of a 100-square-mile area near Costa Rica, officials from the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday. An ...

The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the research vessel Falkor (too) have spotted rare Antarctic squid, discovered ...

Octopuses already exist in a strange corner of the animal world, with soft bodies, problem-solving brains, and the ability to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The elusive seven-armed blob octopus -- yes, that's a real creature -- has been caught on camera for just the fourth time in 40 ...

This newly discovered species of octopus is a deep-sea shapeshifter with large eyes and blood-red tentacles. Sounds terrifying? Don’t fret: these strange little guys are smaller than a golf ball.

A deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinus haeckelii) documented at 198 meters on the outer edge of the continental shelf, near the ...

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) ...

What appeared to be tentacles washed up on an Aberdeenshire beach are the remains of a deep-sea creature called a seven-arm octopus, say experts. A local member of the public spotted the arms with ...

Almost a half-mile below the surface of Monterey Bay, California, scientists recently recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus— only the fourth time the same research team has spotted the species ...

This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently — even a view of its innards — when an underwater robot filmed it ...

An octopus hatchling emerges from a group of eggs at a new octopus nursery, first discovered by the same team in June, at Tengosed Seamount, off Costa Rica. automation Scientists have discovered at ...