A marine biologist had a "once in a lifetime" encounter with the rare and stunning blanket octopus off the coast of Australia this month. Jacinta Shackleton, a videographer and photographer, has been ...

This remarkable sea creature resembles the softest, rainbow-colored blanket gently floating through the deep ocean. A video from USA Today shows some rare footage obtained by a diver of two of these ...

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. At first, ...

When I first saw a picture of the blanket octopus I did a double take. I’d never heard of a blanket octopus before, which is surprising given the internet’s obsession with both large cephalopods and ...

We continue our exploration of the many mysterious octopuses that live far from shore--and the eyes of humans. Today we meet the blanket octopus (Tremoctopus), a genus with four species that, until ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The male blanket octopus faces a significant gender imbalance - he is just two centimetres long, while the female of the species can ...

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 squid ...

A Florida boater caught a red blanket octopus on camera. Blanket octopuses are occasionally spotted deep in the sea. Female blanket octopuses are the only ones to have the blanket features. A Florida ...