A hiker discovered the tentacles of the world's largest octopus species washed ashore on an Aberdeenshire beach. The remains were found on Sunday, November 30, at Forvie National Nature Reserve in ...

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 ...

World Octopus Day 2026 celebrates one of the ocean’s most fascinating animals. Meet the bizarre Dumbo octopus, whose ear-like fins help it survive in the deep sea where sunlight never reaches.

Sixteen years after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig unleashed more than 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf ...

Cartoon cephalopod Miss Abyss is taking a page out of the 'Flat Stanley' playbook to spread the word about ocean conservation By Laura Baisas Published Oct 7, 2026 2:30 PM EDT Add Popular Science ...

‘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 ...

An octopus hatchling emerges from a group of eggs at a new octopus nursery, first discovered by the same team in June, at Tengosed Seamount, off Costa Rica. Scientists have discovered at least four ...

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 ...

Cartoon cephalopod Miss Abyss is taking a page out of the 'Flat Stanley' playbook to spread the word about ocean conservation ...