MBARI researchers have developed an innovative imaging system that can be deployed at great depths underwater to study the ...

This remarkable sea creature resembles the softest, rainbow-colored blanket gently floating through the deep ocean. A video ...

A deep-sea octopus nursery, just the third known to exist, has been discovered off the coast of Costa Rica, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. Scientists were able to see an active octopus ...

A petite octopus propels itself through the deep sea. Gif: Schmidt Ocean Institute Three of the new species are still being described by the team; the only species imaged and named in a recent ...

There was much to celebrate: The 18-person team had just discovered the fourth known deep-sea octopus nursery in the world—as well as possibly a new species. The other three nurseries exist off ...

Four new species of deep-sea octopus have been discovered on underwater mountains around 3 kilometres down in the Pacific off Costa Rica, according to Schmidt Ocean Institute. A radical new theory ...

“The discovery of a new active octopus nursery over 2,800 meters beneath the sea surface in Costa Rican waters proves there is still so much to learn about our Ocean,” said Schmidt Ocean ...

“The discovery of a new active octopus nursery over 2,800 meters beneath the sea surface in Costa Rican waters proves there is still so much to learn about our ocean,” said Dr. Jyotika Virmani ...