Researchers encountered a new species of octopus while scanning the ocean floor off the Galapagos Islands – and it may be from out of this world.

A new blue octopus species, Microeledone galapagensis, was recently discovered near Darwin Island in northern Galápagos.

A golf ball-size octopus found on the deep seafloor off the Galápagos Islands is an entirely new species, scientists just ...

Octopus cyanea found in the both Indian and Pacific ocean. It grows to 16 cm in mantle length with arms to atleast 80 cm.© Amirkhans world/Shutterstock.com If forced to choose one descriptor for the ...

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can’t reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more ...