When the remotely operated vehicle’s cameras panned across a dark volcanic ledge nearly 5,800 feet below the surface, the ...
A new blue octopus species, Microeledone galapagensis, was recently discovered near Darwin Island in northern Galápagos.
Darkness dominates most of the ocean. Sunlight fades quickly as you descend, and by the time you reach the deep sea, natural light disappears entirely. Yet the ocean is far from black. Many marine ...
A new MBARI video showcases Japetella diaphana, a rare open-water octopus that switches between transparent and opaque orange to evade predators in the ocean's twilight zone, where a mother carries ...