To capture images, the research team used a special deep-sea camera, designed by chief scientist Alan Jamieson, PhD. Dumbo octopus species have been off the California and Oregon coasts ...

With their quirky appearance and unusual traits, they are one of the most unique characters at sea. The octopus' semitranslucent, bell-shaped body could be mistaken for a friendly ghost drifting ...

The dumbo octopus, named after a Disney character, lives closer to the ocean floor than any of its other octopod relatives. NOAA Ocean Explorer/Wikimedia Commons ...

Every ecosystem is delicate, especially such specialised habitats like the Dumbo octopus lives in,' Jon explains. 'Deep-sea mining affects animals that live very close to the seabed like the Dumbo ...

While exploring an unnamed seamount in PMNM, NOAA researchers said they spotted another Dumbo octopus more than 5,500 feet below the surface. Little is known about the deep-sea octopods ...

During a dive in the Gulf of Mexico last month, team members from NOAA’s research vessel Okeanos Explorer captured rare footage of an adorable little deep-sea octopus named after a pachyderm. The ...

Dumbo octopuses live at extreme depths in oceans ... They are “cirrate” octopuses, a group of deep-sea octopuses that have slender protrusions trailing from their suckers called cirri.

An curved arrow pointing right. Sightings of dumbo octopuses are rare, so researchers were enthralled when one appeared on their submersible's camera on a deep-sea dive near Hawaii. More from News ...

An curved arrow pointing right. While exploring off the coast of Puerto Rico, NOAA's Okeanos Explorer caught footage of this rare dumbo octopus. Produced by Grace Raver. Footage courtesy of NOAA ...