Tag: new species 2026

  • Tiny Blue Deep-Sea Octopus Near Galápagos Confirmed as New Species

    Tiny Blue Deep-Sea Octopus Near Galápagos Confirmed as New Species

    Nearly a mile beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, in the cold darkness near an underwater mountain off the coast of Ecuador, a remotely operated camera was sweeping slowly across the seafloor when something moved. Whatever it was, it was small. And it was blue. From a research vessel 5,800 feet above, scientists watching…