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

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

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

The discovery of a blue octopus about the size of a golf ball has delighted marine biologists and the public with its rarity ...

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 newly discovered tiny blue octopus from the Galápagos is a striking reminder that the deep ocean still holds countless secrets.

This unassuming octopus pairs bacterial chemistry with evolutionary efficiency to deliver one of the most powerful defenses in all of the ocean.

A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists found evidence that it’s not an octopus at all.

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

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