New species of tiny blue octopus discovered in Galápagos
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The massive invertebrates may have been top predators, according to an analysis of their fossilized jaws. The work suggests that ancient oceans weren't completely ruled by spine-bearing creatures, as
New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.
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A Pacific reef octopus was just filmed slipping a rock into a fish’s mouth as the two hunted together — the cleverest cross-species teamwork ever caught
Off the coast of Eilat, Israel, a Pacific day octopus did something no scientist had seen before. Mid-hunt, with a small group of fish swimming alongside it over a coral reef, the octopus picked up a rock and placed it directly into the mouth of a partner fish.
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This octopus dies right after becoming a mother... starving while protecting its eggs
Octopuses possess one of the strangest nervous systems in the animal kingdom, with roughly 500 million neurons spread throughout their bodies and arms. Each arm can process information and react semi-independently,
This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently — even a view of its innards — when an underwater robot filmed it gracefully soaring through the deep waters of the Central Pacific Ocean.
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A tiny new octopus with glowing spots was just pulled up from 6,000 feet beneath the Galápagos — a brand-new species scientists had never laid eyes on
When the remotely operated vehicle’s cameras panned across a dark volcanic ledge nearly 5,800 feet below the surface, the control room aboard the research vessel E/V Nautilus went quiet for half a second,
A new MBARI video showcases Japetella diaphana, a rare open-water octopus that switches between transparent and opaque orange to evade predators in the ocean's twilight zone, where a mother carries her eggs in her arms until they hatch.