Researchers recently spotted a rare "Dumbo" octopus during a deep sea expedition in the North Pacific Ocean. The scientists noticed the rare sea creature on Sept. 13 while exploring the ocean ...

This remarkable sea creature resembles the softest, rainbow-colored blanket gently floating through the deep ocean. A video ...

So far, only one of the new species of deep-sea octopus has been named. All four new species, found in a 100-square-mile-sized area off Costa Rica, are in the process of being given formal ...

The octopus was seen on an unnamed seamount in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument just northwest of Hawaii. Video was captured by the Ocean Exploration Trust and NOAA.

The octopus could be seen floating into view of the team’s ROV Atalanta’s camera as it hovered about 5,518 feet (1,682 meters) deep below sea level in an unnamed seamount in the PMNM area.

Rare footage shows a "Dumbo" octopus swimming near a submersible in the deep ocean. The animal was spotted more than 5,500 feet underwater by a research expedition.

A petite octopus propels itself through the deep sea. Gif: Schmidt Ocean Institute Three of the new species are still being described by the team; the only species imaged and named in a recent ...

A deep-sea octopus nursery, just the third known to exist, has been discovered off the coast of Costa Rica, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. Scientists were able to see an active octopus ...

The other known octopus nursery is about 3,200 meters (2 miles) below the ocean surface on the Davidson Seamount off the coast of Monterey, California, where thousands of octopuses cluster around ...

An octopus captured on camera during a recent deep sea expedition. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute Scientists just explored the realm of octopi. They returned with discoveries.

Scientists searching the deep sea off the coast of Hawaii released video this month of a dumbo octopus, the deepest-living of all known octopuses. You are what you read.