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 ...

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 ...

It’s generally agreed around these parts that octopodes are disturbingly awesome. The blanket octopus however kicks our cephalopod fascination into overdrive. How come? This creature looks like a ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

Karachi, 12 December: In a rare occurrence, WWF-Pakistan trained fishermen recorded three specimens of blanket octopus from different spots along the Sindh and Balochistan coast this week. A 0.8-metre ...

"To show the severity of the summer-long upwelling, here is an absolutely ultra rare blanket I found/captured on the southern end of PINS," he wrote. "This open/deepwater specimen washed in barely ...