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A frilled pygmy octopus hitched a ride on a diver’s fin in Port Phillip Bay, off the coast of Portsea, Victoria, with the encounter marking only the second time the species has been observed in the ...

A distinct striped pattern on a species of octopus varies from one individual to the next, which could help researchers monitor the rare animal. Pygmy zebra octopuses (Octopus chierchiae), also known ...

A diver was “extremely lucky” to catch a glimpse of a frilled pygmy octopus in Port Phillip on April 3, when the tiny creature popped out from the bottle it was lurking in to start hunting. Diver and ...

Octopuses already exist in a strange corner of the animal world, with soft bodies, problem-solving brains, and the ability to change color in a blink. Even within that group, a handful of species push ...