The Dumbo octopus is known as the cutest octopus in the world because of its pudgy shape and fins that look ... Add in the octopus’s small size (generally around eight inches), relatively ...

Dumbo octopuses live at extreme depths, according to National Geographic, and are the deepest-living octopuses known. They can live in depths up to 13,000 feet below the ocean's surface.

A rare Dumbo octopus was captured on the camera of a deep sea submersible by the Ocean Exploration Trust as it was exploring the ocean ... much larger than its average size of 6-12 inches in length.

"The dumbo octopus immediately behaves like an adult animal about ten times its size," said Alexander Ziegler, with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of the University of Bonn.

Scientists spot rare, ghostly ‘Dumbo’ octopus in deep sea off Hawaiian islands. ... They can range in size from under a foot to over 6 feet long, according to the aquarium, ...

Scientists recorded a dumbo octopus at depths of up to 4.3 miles (6,957 meters) beneath the Indian Ocean. Here, another dumbo octopus is seen foraging at a depth of 3.6 miles (5,760 m).

The Dumbo octopus genus is filled with rare species that are difficult to study because they reside in extreme depths of 13,100 feet below the ocean's surface. On sporadic occasions, they are seen ...

Scientists have released the first footage of a baby “dumbo”—and it’s no elephant. This is an elusive deep sea creature whose name hails from the Disney ...

A new species of Dumbo octopus, equipped with telltale (and darling) fins on its head, has been dredged from the deep. Nicknamed the Emperor Dumbo, the adorable creature was discovered in 2016.

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 ...