It looks like a ghost in the Pac-Man video game, has been compared to a Pokemon creature and served as the inspiration for the character Pearl in "Finding Nemo." But the oddly adorable octopus that ...

A species of octopus discovered living in the Monterey Bay is so cute, MBARI scientists want to give it a special name. MBARI researcher Stephanie Bush pitched the scientific name, Opisthoteuthis ...

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 ...

An underwater search in the Monterey Bay happened Thursday for the ocean's cutest octopus, but scientists came back to Moss Landing's harbor with empty tanks.The animals are a form of flapjack octopus ...

Look at this little guy! Look at its chubby little face and its stubby little tentacles and its big wide eyes! If you know your octopodes, you might have recognised its little ear-flaps and body shape ...

This handout photo from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shows the flapjack octopus, which scientists may call "Opisthoteuthis Adorabilis" Some say she looks like a ghost from the Pac-Man ...

The most adorable, googly-eyed orange octopus from the deep sea may soon be formally recognized as “Opisthoteuthis adorabilis.” Really, the only name you can gift an octopus that looks as adorable as ...

Some say it looks like a ghost from the Pac-Man video game, but it is anything but spooky. In fact, this unclassified, fist-sized, octopus is so cute, scientists may call it Opisthoteuthis adorabilis.

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 ...

Scientists captivated by a tiny octopus with big eyes are considering naming the new species the “adorabilis” because it’s so cute. The honor of naming the peculiar animal has been tasked to Stephanie ...

"Adorable" probably isn't the first adjective you'd use to describe an octopus. But then again, maybe you've never met a tiny octopus with big, beady eyes and a pink, jellylike body. One biologist, ...

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 ...