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 a ...

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

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 ...

Here, they saw up to 15 gloomy octopuses getting on with their lives. These individuals weren’t just living close to each ...

A researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium is deciding what to name a tiny octopus she has found and been unable to identify. "I thought that since this animal is so adorable, I should name it ...

Scientists say they have discovered what might be a new species of octopus while searching the Pacific Ocean floor near the Hawaiian Islands. On Feb. 27, a team found a small light-colored octopus at ...

The discovery of Taningia silasii, known as the Indian octopus squid, marks a major milestone in deep-sea biodiversity research in the Indian Ocean. Scientists from the Central Marine Fisheries ...