Giant Octopus Nursery Discovered Off California Coast
According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), researchers have located the planet’s largest known octopus nursery 10,500 feet below the ocean’s surface off Central California. Named the Octopus Garden, the site hosts an estimated 20,000 pearl octopuses—scientifically identified as Muusoctopus robustus—that migrate to the thermal springs at the base of the Davidson Seamount … Read more