Dumbo octopuses are highly specialized to life in the deep sea, where temperatures can be extremely cold and sunlight is often severely limited or absent altogether, depending on the depth.

It was spotted by a deep-sea submersible exploring the bottom of the ocean. ... Rare footage shows a 'Dumbo' octopus more than 5,500 feet underwater, swimming with its ear-shaped fins.

The deep-sea Dumbo octopus was spotted a mile below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, close by an unnamed seamount in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Unlike other octopuses, they do not have an ink sac because they “rarely” encounter predators in the deep sea. The Dumbo octopus captured on camera had another rare quality — it was larger ...

Dumbo octopuses, also known as umbrella octopuses, live deeper than almost any octopus on Earth, in cold waters between 10,000 and 13,000 feet deep, with some going as deep as 23,000 feet.

Researchers made an unexpected discovery during a deep dive off the coast of California last week: a translucent cephalopod known as the Dumbo octopus. Scientists aboard the E/V Nautilus, a ...

Deep in the ocean, living in eternal darkness, is the dumbo octopus (of the genus Grimpoteuthis), a creature that few humans have seen face-to-face. When someone is lucky enough to spot one, they're ...

Unlike other octopuses, they do not have an ink sac because they “rarely” encounter predators in the deep sea. The Dumbo octopus captured on camera had another rare quality — it was larger ...

Deep in the ocean, living in eternal darkness, is the dumbo octopus (of the genus Grimpoteuthis), a creature that few humans have seen face-to-face. When someone is lucky enough to spot one, they ...

Deep in the ocean, living in eternal darkness, is the dumbo octopus (of the genus Grimpoteuthis), a creature that few humans have seen face-to-face. When someone is lucky enough to spot one, they're ...