From movies to comics to literature, the octopuses of this world tend to get a pretty bad rap—but the goggled-eyed flapjack octopus shows us a sweet, cartoonish side of the cephlapod species.

A newly discovered little flapjack octopus species might be named after how cute scientists think it is. Researches at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute want to call the octopus ...

Scientists in California have the honor of naming a species of octopus. And as is often the case, they will probably use its most distinguishing characteristic to help come up with a name. (Think ...

MONTEREY, CA— Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California think they have found a new species of octopus that is being described as adorable. Some people say it looks like a cross between a ...

This newly discovered species of octopus is a deep-sea shapeshifter with large eyes and blood-red tentacles. Sounds terrifying? Don’t fret: these strange little guys are smaller than a golf ball.

This video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium shows the bright red flapjack octopus, which looks more like a tiny elephant flapping its ears than something from the depths of the ocean ...

It's a tiny gelatinous deep-sea shapeshifter with large eyes and blood-red tentacles. Meet the Carnarvon flapjack octopus, or opisthoteuthis carnarvonensis, a new species discovered off the West ...