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

A tiny blue deep-sea octopus discovered 5,800 feet below the Galápagos has been named Microeledone galapagensis The post This ...

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

The new species, named Microeledone galapagensis, has a blue hue, which is believed to be the rarest color in nature.

Head nearly 6,000 feet deep into the waters of the Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador, and you will likely encounter ...

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

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 ...

Last month a team of scientists visited an ethereal nursery on the seafloor off Costa Rica, where they watched in awe as a new generation of deep-sea octopuses gently emerged from a quivering cluster ...

‘He’s tiny! It’s blue!’ one excited scientist was recorded as saying when she first caught sight of the creature – Copyright AFP Zain JAAFAR On the ocean ...

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 ...