To capture images, the research team used a special deep-sea camera, designed by chief scientist Alan Jamieson, PhD. Dumbo octopus species have been off the California and Oregon coasts ...

Two miles beneath the ocean surface, at the base of a deep-sea seamount they uncovered the largest known gathering of octopus in the world – 20,000 pearl octopus breeding in warm hydrothermal ...

The process typically takes one to three months in shallow-water species, but very little is known about the breeding habits of deep-sea octopuses. The previous record holder for the longest gestation ...