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 ...

Deep-sea octopuses are typically solitary creatures that inhabit frigid waters in one of Earth’s most challenging environments. The 2018 discovery of thousands of the eight-legged cephalopods about 2 ...

Deep-sea “hot tubs” may help octopus eggs hatch faster, startled scientists found after discovering a deep-sea nesting site off the California coast packed with thousands of the normally solitary ...

On May 8, 2025, the nature documentary Octopus! was released on Prime. The underwater documentary, produced and narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, tells the fascinating story of an octopus’s incredible ...

Scientists have uncovered the secrets of an "octopus garden" in the deep ocean. The garden was discovered in 2018 on the seafloor off the Central California coast, sparking questions about its purpose ...

Octopuses have a few characteristics that make them stand out as one of the most intelligent mollusks in the ocean. These slippery, strange ocean creatures, characterized by their large craniums and ...

POULSBO, Wash. — The free aquarium in Poulsbo has eels and anemones. But they want an octopus. "One of the first questions we get asked when people come to Sea Discovery Center is, 'Where's the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most octopuses lead solitary lives. So scientists were startled to find thousands of octopus huddled together, protecting their eggs at the bottom of the ocean off the central ...

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 ...