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'Octopus Garden': A California 'Hot Tub' Is Helping Octopus Eggs Hatch In A Big Way

Scientists monitored the "octopus garden" for three years before spotting "clear advantages" to sitting at the site off the California coast.
By Christina Larson, AP

Deep-Sea Octopus Nursery Found Beneath The Waves Off Costa Rica

There are only three known sites where octopus mothers gather to brood.
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10-Year-Old Girl Armed With Sand Bucket Helps Save Stranded Giant Octopus

The cephalopod was twisting in a mud flat before a group of people sprang to the rescue.
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Bald Eagle Saved From Octopus' Clutches

A team of B.C. fish farmers are being praised for their speedy rescue of a drowning eagle.
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328 Million-Year-Old Vampire Squid Ancestor Named After Biden 'As A Compliment'

Syllipsimopodi bideni, the likely ancestor of octopuses and vampire squid, is President Joe Biden's newest namesake.
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Deep-Sea Octopuses Are Making Shelters Out Of Human Trash

Researchers set out analyze the creative ways that octopuses use garbage in the ocean.
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'My Octopus Teacher' Was Mesmerizing But There's 1 Thing That Deeply Troubled Me

As a dive master, I just couldn't stop thinking about the potentially dangerous message viewers might take away from the Oscar-winning film.
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Ethereal 'Glass Octopus' Captured On Camera By Deep-Sea Scientists

The rarely seen deep-sea creature is the star of beautiful footage from a Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel.
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Bald Eagle Tries To Snag An Octopus, Instantly Regrets It

That did not go as the eagle hoped.
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Sleeping Octopus Changes Colors Over And Over In Spellbinding Video

A marine biologist amusingly narrates this clip from PBS’s “Octopus: Making Contact," wondering what the animal is dreaming about.
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