Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition ...

The seven-armed octopus lives hundreds of meters below the surface of the sea and is one of the world's largest octopus ...

It’s no secret the deep sea is home to some strange-looking animals, so might we introduce you to yet another weirdo: the ...

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 ...

Arms of the rarely seen species were discovered at an Aberdeenshire national nature reserve.

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

These five research-backed insights show why the octopus remains one of the most extraordinary minds in the animal kingdom.

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) ...

From the beginning of life on Earth, microbes, small but influential single-celled organisms, have shaped the environment ...

Boffins were left baffled at the rare find in Aberdeenshire.

A mysterious deep-sea creature has just helped scientists solve a long-standing evolutionary puzzle. The vampire squid—an unusual animal that looks like a mix between an octopus and a squid—has ...