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

The deep-sea octopus is fully mature despite fitting in a palm, a trait researchers think may help it reproduce faster than ...

A newly identified species was found in the Galápagos Islands, one of the world’s most significant biodiverse areas. The tiny ...

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 ...

The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are home to more than a thousand plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth—things like marine iguanas and giant tortoises. In a new paper in ...

WASHINGTON – The octopus already is an oddball of the ocean. Now biologists have rediscovered a species of that eight-arm sea creature that’s even stranger and shares some of our social and mating ...

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

By David Brown While on a deep-sea expedition in the Galapagos in 2015, scientists found a golf-ball sized, short-armed blue ...

A mysterious little blue octopus discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the waters of the Galápagos Islands has officially been identified as a brand-new species. About the size of a golf ball, the tiny ...

Researchers encountered a new species of octopus while scanning the ocean floor off the Galapagos Islands – and it may be ...

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