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 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 ...

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 stunning female blanket octopus has swum into our lives to become a cephalopod-celebrity in just one night. In the ocean, a.k.a. deep space, threats abound, but not to worry. A boundary-setting ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. - Seven miles off the coast of Manatee County, Captain Tony Zain was surprised to see a certain octopus that is rarely seen for reasons that make it unique among its species.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) – Florida Wildlife Research Institute biologists collected a female blanket octopus found by a turtle surveyor on Delray Beach on Thursday. The octopus was brought back to ...