New species of tiny blue octopus discovered in Galápagos
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A new blue octopus species, Microeledone galapagensis, was recently discovered near Darwin Island in northern Galápagos.
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A rare octopus the size of a golf ball just surfaced in a live camera feed 6,000 feet below the Galápagos — a brand-new species no one had laid eyes on until now
Nearly 6,000 feet beneath the Galápagos Islands, in water so deep that no trace of sunlight reaches the seafloor, a remotely operated vehicle’s camera caught something unexpected: a tiny, vivid blue octopus drifting through the darkness,
The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can’t reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more like aliens than animals we know. Researchers at ...