Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

It’s not every day that scientists discover a new species of octopus, but that is exactly what has happened off the coast of western Australia. During a CSIRO research expedition to the Carnarvon ...

MOSS LANDING >> Hideous denizens live in the deep sea. But so does a cute wide-eyed, pink and squishy little octopus. The newly discovered, cartoon-like creature is so cute that “adorable” might ...

Possibly the world's cutest octopus went on public display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Friday.Crowds surrounded the deep-sea cephalopod's tank this morning as people tried to get a first look.The ...

Two species of highly similar deep-sea octopuses are hard to tell apart — unless you look closely at their "warts," a new study finds. Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little ...

In October, explorers made a surprise discovery in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary – an octopus community near an undersea mountain. Readers of this column know that Davidson Seamount, which ...