Scientists have identified a golf-ball-sized blue octopus from deep waters near the Galápagos as a new species. The discovery ...

It’s a deep blue creature in the deep blue sea. Scientists were delighted after discovering a new species of tiny, blue octopus nearly 6,000 feet down off the Galapagos Islands, per a study published ...

The newly described creature was discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface A tiny bright-blue octopus discovered near the Galápagos Islands has been confirmed as a brand-new species ...

The palm-size creature was spotted and collected during a research expedition more than a decade ago, but scientists have ...

Journey to the deep sea with the Schmidt Ocean Institute and witness the ghostly beauty of the glass octopus. This footage ...

It could be easy to miss a blob the size of a golf ball. But its blue hue—the rarest color in nature—stood out against the sand, grabbing researchers’ attention. It wasn’t a blob but an adorable blue ...

A golf-ball-sized blue octopus collected nearly a mile beneath the Pacific Ocean in 2015 has been formally described as a new species — and in doing so, it has forced scientists to rewrite the ...