A stunning female blanket octopus has swum into our lives to become a cephalopod-celebrity in just one night. In the ocean, a.k.a. deep space, threats abound, but not to worry. A boundary-setting ...

the so-called blanket octopus. Stretched between the cephalopod’s highly elongated arms are vast sheets of flesh, and when the octopus feels threatened, it splays out its arms to deploy a ...

When a blanket octopus swims, it creates a kaleidoscope of colors twirling underwater. It’s a rainbow of beauty as it glides through the sea. It’s gorgeous, and it’s almost never seen by ...

Recently, Jacinta Shackleton, a marine biologist stationed at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, recorded a blanket octopus (the first one was spotted 21 years ago) while snorkeling. I was excited ...

A marine biologist managed to capture a blanket octopus on video earlier this year. Jacinta Shackleton was snorkeling near Lady Elliot Island off the coast of Australia when she spotted it.

The blanket octopus can be seen in the video transforming from pastel blues and purples to glimmering reds and oranges. It is thought to be extremely hard to capture these bizarre creatures on ...

Folks aboard a Florida fishing charter on Friday enjoyed a rare encounter with a blanket octopus that swam alongside their boat for several minutes. “[She] was very curious of the boat and the ...