From a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean, scientists watched the camera feed of a remotely operated submersible thousands of feet below them. As the submersible moved through the chilly water, a ...

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

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 ...

Off the coast of the UK, fishermen and marine biologists are witnessing something not seen in generations. Sightings of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) exploded across the southwest coast of ...

MBARI researchers have developed an innovative imaging system that can be deployed at great depths underwater to study the movement of marine life. The team used the system to study deep-sea octopus ...

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 ...

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) ...