Reaching 13,000 feet below sea level requires specialized biological structures found only in the Grimpoteuthis genus. The absence of ink sacs complicates defense mechanisms for deep-sea octopuses ...

With ear-like fins that flap gracefully through the water, the Dumbo octopus in this YouTube video looks like it waltzed straight out of an animation studio. But don’t let their cute facade fool you; ...

A submersible in the Pacific Ocean found a deep-sea creature with “long,” sucker-covered arms and discovered a new species, a study said. Screenshot from video shared via Tang, Zheng and Zhang (2025) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dumbo octopuses live in the deep open ocean down to depths of at least 13,100 feet (4000 m) and perhaps much deeper, making this ...

A Dumbo octopus was caught on camera during an Arctic exploration by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration and the University of Alaska ...

From a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean, scientists watched the camera feed of a remotely operated submersible thousands of feet below them. As the submersible moved through the chilly water, a ...

Welcome back to Bizarre Beasts: Season Zero, where we are remastering episodes of Bizarre Beasts that were originally created for Vlogbrothers. This episode, the dumbo octopus, the cephalopod that ...