It’s not exactly a flying elephant, but it’s still rare. Scientists searching the deep sea off the coast of Hawaii released video this month of a dumbo octopus, the deepest-living of all known ...

A recent sighting of a Dumbo octopus has gone viral, showcasing the bizarre beauty of the deep sea. Filmed by the Ocean Exploration Trust and NOAA, the video was taken while scientists explored the ...

Octopuses and their arms are a bit of a mystery.  Not because scientists don’t know how they work; they’re boneless hydrostats, made up of groups of muscles working together and capable of bending, ...

In order to function safely alongside human workers, robotic arms shouldn't be hard and unyielding. An experimental new arm was designed with that fact in mind, as it mimics soft n' squishy elephant ...

The Carnarvon flapjack octopus was collected by scientists on a 2022 CSIRO research voyage, but it wasn't named until last week. The species is one of a number of newly-described species collected ...

Move over Paul the Octopus and baby panda predictors, Nelly the Elephant would like to place her bets for World Cup 2014. Nelly the Elephant (which happens to be my favorite non-sea-based animal) has ...