Out of sight from visitors and school field trips, Birch Aquarium in La Jolla is quietly raising more than 3,000 tiny octopus ...

Rearing the babies will provide scientists with a rare opportunity to learn about the typically deeper-water creatures ...

A new species of octopus may have just been discovered off the coast of Costa Rica. It was found in a rare brooding site that marks only the third octopus nursery known to exist in the world. The ...

Baby Anthony was born at 25 weeks, a micro-preemie weighing only one pound two ounces. Now, he is up to two pounds seven ounces, thanks to good care in the NICU and a special friend. "Now, Anthony has ...

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A team of researchers has found and documented a new, active deep-sea octopus nursery 2 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean in Costa Rica. This is only the third known octopus nursery in ...

The world's third-known octopus nursery was recently discovered offshore of Costa Rica. A team of 20 international scientists located the brooding site at a low-temperature hydrothermal vent. The team ...

It all started because his 9-year-old son wanted a pet. Not just any pet. An octopus. Specifically, a California two-spot octopus, also known as a bimac. So, Cameron Clifford, a 36-year-old dentist in ...