A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

About the Carnarvon flapjack octopus discovery The Carnarvon flapjack octopus is a small, gelatinous deep-sea octopus that grows to around 4 centimeters diameter, but little is known about its ...

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 ...

Meet the dorado octopus, a newly described deep sea cephalopod with some seriously alien features. A remotely operated vehicle took incredible images of this species and its habitat, including ...