On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as ...

The little blue octopus was spotted in 2015 by researchers aboard the submersible Nautilus in 5,800-ft. deep waters. The sub’s remotely operated camera was visually combing the ocean floor when it ...

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 golf ball-size octopus found on the deep seafloor off the Galápagos Islands is an entirely new species, scientists just announced. In July of 2015, during a 10-day expedition in the Pacific Ocean, ...

A tiny, bright blue octopus Microeledone galapagensis is small enough to fit inside the palm of your hand, but good luck ...

This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses in all of the ocean.

A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists found evidence that it’s not an octopus at all.

A new MBARI video showcases Japetella diaphana, a rare open-water octopus that switches between transparent and opaque orange ...

David Palfrey makes a film inspired by encountering many octopus while diving in Cornish waters.

When Pohlsepia mazonensis was first named, it was celebrated as the oldest known octopus. However, new research reveals that it’s actually a relative of Nautilus – rewriting our understanding of when ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...