Stephanie Bush is a researcher working to classify a particular species of deep-sea octopus. A small, squishy, "fragile," and very cute type of species. A species so disarmingly cute that Bush might ...

A newly discovered little flapjack octopus species might be named after how cute scientists think it is. Researches at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute want to call the octopus ...

MOSS LANDING — Hideous denizens live in the deep sea. But so does a cute wide-eyed, pink and squishy little octopus. The newly discovered, cartoon-like creature is so cute that “adorable” might become ...

Look at this octopod. Just look at it. In theory, octopi are cute. In reality, octopi are like scary spiders-of-the-sea. But this guy — this guy’s an exception. He’s different. The new octopod, ...