The new species, named Microeledone galapagensis, has a blue hue, which is believed to be the rarest color in nature.

Scientists have identified a tiny blue octopus previously discovered in the Galápagos Islands as a new species. The female ...

Scientists have officially named a brand new octopus species, Microeledone galapagensis, discovered nearly 6,000 feet below ...

It’s a deep blue creature in the deep blue sea. Scientists were delighted after discovering a new species of tiny, blue ...

Scientists have announced the discovery of a brand new (to humans) species of octopus. Found off the coast of Ecuador in the ...

Scientists just identified a brand-new species of octopus in the Galápagos. It's blue, tiny and absolutely adorable. (Charles ...

An octopus about the size of a golf ball was first spotted in 2015 near Darwin Island. A new study gives it both a formal ...

A new blue octopus species, Microeledone galapagensis, was recently discovered near Darwin Island in northern Galápagos.

The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are home to more than a thousand plant and animal species found nowhere else ...

The newly described creature was discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface ...

Scientists discovered what they're calling the Microeledone galapagensis, a new octopus species with odd coloring and an even ...

A rare find in the Galápagos has marine biologists excited.