From a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean, scientists watched the camera feed of a remotely operated submersible thousands of feet below them. As the submersible moved through the chilly water, a ...

A seven-arm octopus was spotted in Monterey Bay in Nov. 6, 2025; the 'rarely seen' deep-sea octopus was spotted by researchers who've only seen it four times in nearly four decades.

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 ...

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Researchers with the Ocean Exploration Trust were exploring the ocean floor of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument when they found it Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She ...

A team of scientists has discovered four new species of octopus in the waters off Costa Rica, the Schmidt Ocean Institute said Tuesday. So far, only one of the new species of deep-sea octopus has been ...

A team of scientists working off the coast of Costa Rica have identified four previously unknown deep-sea octopus species in the vicinity of hydrothermal springs on the ocean floor. They also ...

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 ...

Octopuses tend to live alone. Kind of sad. Who do you hug with all of those arms? But the largest congregation of deep-sea octopuses who live together, the largest one ever discovered, is thriving off ...

A submersible in the Pacific Ocean found a deep-sea creature with “long,” sucker-covered arms and discovered a new species, a study said. Screenshot from video shared via Tang, Zheng and Zhang (2025) ...