Another unusual aspect of the blanket octopus: It’s immune to the stinging cells of the highly dangerous (to humans at least) jellyfish, the Portuguese man-of-war, which it uses to its advantage ...

The 'Doomsday Argument' erupted on social media after a video featuring a 'strange creature', possibly a blanket octopus was ...

they have been reported to rip the tentacles off jellyfish to use as weapons to hunt prey. Information on the Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s website says female blanket octopuses grow up to 2m ...

Thousands of Velella velella—glassy, blue sea creatures—have washed ashore in California, forming a ghostly fleet. Wind, ...

Thousands of translucent blue marine organisms, known as by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella), have recently washed ashore ...