Explore the full process of creating an epic kraken diorama, from sculpting an octopus and miniature boat to realistic ...

Record numbers linked to warming waters is mixed news for fishers, with shellfish catches down but octopus catches booming Record numbers of octopuses found off the south-west coast of England last ...

An octopus about the size of a golf ball was first spotted in 2015 near Darwin Island. A new study gives it both a formal description and a name. The octopus was first spotted in 2015 during a ...

The discovery of a blue octopus about the size of a golf ball has delighted marine biologists and the public with its rarity – and its big-eyed cute factor. The octopus was found 5,800 feet deep in ...

A tiny blue octopus about the size of a golf ball was discovered off the coast of the Galápagos Islands. Thousands of animals, including this little octopus, named Microeledone galapagensis, call the ...

On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean that "could curl up in the palm of your hand." "He's tiny!

Scientists knew they had encountered something special when they first saw the tiny blue octopus in the depths of the Galapagos Islands. And it must have been very exciting for the one person who knew ...

The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are home to more than a thousand plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth—things like marine iguanas and giant tortoises. In a new paper in ...

In late September 2025, an image claiming to show an octopus helping a diver with underwater maintenance tasks began circulating on Facebook. One version (archived), included the following caption: ...

For the most part, the octopus featured in Netflix’s Remarkably Bright Creatures movie—which began streaming today—is CGI. “There was no way we were going to be able to train an octopus to do all the ...

Shelby Van Pelt’s best-selling book is adapted into an easily digestible, sweet-natured afternoon watch Every now and then, a strange forgotten chapter of life during Covid will interrupt my thoughts.

The neural and cognitive complexity of the octopus could originate from a molecular analogy with the human brain, according to a new study. The research shows that the same 'jumping genes' are active ...