MONTEREY, Calif. -- Just in time for Halloween, scientists exploring an underwater volcano in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary spotted something spooky. They came across a ghostly octopus. The ...

An evolutionary biologist from the University of Bonn brought a new octopus species to light from depths of more than 4,000 meters in the North Pacific Ocean. The sensational discovery made waves in ...

A new species of deep-sea dwelling dumbo octopus called Grimpoteuthis imperator sp. nov. has been described using a combination of MRI, micro-CT and minimally invasive gene analysis rather than ...

The Dumbo Octopus, also known as Grimpoteuthis, is a fascinating deep-sea dweller. It belongs to the umbrella octopus family and stands out for its unique appearance, including a pair of ear-like fins ...

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Dumbo octopuses are named for the elephant-ear-like fins they use to navigate the deep sea, but until recently, when and how they developed those floppy appendages were a mystery. Now, for the first ...

Whoever said that Dumbo the Flying Elephant wasn’t real?? He was actually an octopus not an elephant. Dumbo octopuses (Grimpoteuthis sp. shown above) elegantly glide along the seafloor eating snails ...

A biologist brought a new octopus species to light from depths of more than 4,000 meters in the North Pacific Ocean. Researchers have now published the species description and named the animal ...