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!

The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are home to more than a thousand plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth—things like marine iguanas and giant tortoises. In a new paper in ...

A tiny blue octopus plucked from the deep waters near the Galapagos has given scientists a rare surprise. The golf-ball-sized creature turned out to be one that no one had ever documented before, the ...

It’s a deep blue creature in the deep blue sea. Scientists were delighted after discovering a new species of tiny, blue octopus nearly 6,000 feet down off the Galapagos Islands, per a study published ...

A mysterious little blue octopus discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the waters of the Galápagos Islands has officially been identified as a brand-new species. About the size of a golf ball, the tiny ...

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While on a deep-sea expedition in the Galapagos in 2015, scientists found a golf-ball sized, short-armed blue octopus. In a recent study, they confirmed that it’s new to science. The newly described ...

It could be easy to miss a blob the size of a golf ball. But its blue hue—the rarest color in nature—stood out against the sand, grabbing researchers’ attention. It wasn’t a blob but an adorable blue ...

It’s a deep blue creature in the deep blue sea. Scientists were delighted after discovering a new species of tiny, blue octopus nearly 6,000 feet down off the Galapagos Islands, per a study published ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new species of octopus found deep in the ocean near Isla Darwin. / Credit: Charles Darwin Foundation Scientists connect the ...