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Scientists hope to identify the genes that the animals use to adapt to extreme environments.

A weird polka-dotted blob that washed ashore in North Carolina has finally been identified.

A new species of Dumbo octopus, nicknamed the Emperor Dumbo, has been dredged up from the deep sea.

A new study looks at how scientists captured the world's first (and second) recordings of a giant squid in its natural habitat.

At least 90 mysterious blobs of underwater jelly have been sighted near Norway and the Mediterranean Sea, and researchers finally know what they are.

A well-preserved fossil reveals that 180 million years ago, an eight-armed predator suffocated with its prey.

Octopuses can "see" light with their arms, even when their eyes are in the dark, researchers have found.

Two species of sacoglossan sea slugs have been found to be able to sever their heads from their bodies and regrow a replacement by researchers in Japan.

Octopuses sometimes partner with fish to hunt, but the partnership comes with risks (for the fish, that is).

Researchers found and measured a group of rare Bigfin Squids congregating off the Australia coast for the first time ever.