Learn all about the incredible dumbo octopus, a magical creature that lives in the depths of the oceans and looks like a ...

The dumbo octopus, a strange, pod-like cephalopod that glides through the water with a pair of fluttery wings, is a rare treat for researchers because it makes its home far deeper than any diver ...

Dumbo octopuses are known to be the deepest-living of all known octopuses, residing at least 13,100 feet (4,000 meters) below the surface, according to Oceana’s Marine Life Encyclopedia.

Dumbo octopuses typically live in the ocean at depths between 3,000 and 4,000 meters (about 13,000 feet), according to the Smithsonian, making them elusive to humans and not very widely known.

And this thing just comes out of the darkness, which just crawled up to the cameras – another Dumbo octopus,” Jamieson, CEO of deep sea exploration company Armatus Oceanic, told CNN.

That’s what alerted researchers, who published their findings in Current Biology Monday, that a hatchling they found off the coast of New England in 2005 was, in fact, a dumbo octopus (genus ...

Deep sea researchers spotted a rare dumbo octopus almost one mile below sea level off the coast of Hawaii on Sept. 13. (Video: The Washington Post) ...

The deepest known sighting of an octopus has been captured on film, more than a mile deeper than the previous reliable sighting. The observations of the creature, captured at almost 4.3 miles down ...

Dumbo octopus: The rare species was sighted during mapping of the ocean floor northwest of the Hawaiian Islands. (Ocean Exploration Trust/NOAA) By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk ...

A “Dumbo octopus” was spotted about a mile below the ocean’s surface, on an unnamed seamount. The site was in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Skunk-squirrel?

A “Dumbo octopus” was spotted about a mile below the ocean’s surface, on an unnamed seamount. The site was in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.