Scientists have discovered at least four new species of octopus in the deep waters of a 100-square-mile area near Costa Rica, officials from the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday.

A new octopus hatchling swims up and away from its egg. ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED The fourth species, however, continues to puzzle the team.

The scientists watched as a pale pink octopus emerged from a cluster of potato-shaped eggs and swam away into the dark deep sea. A parade of hatchlings soon followed.

The Americas explores the life and death of the giant Pacific octopus If you know where and how to look, you can find the giant Pacific octopus swimming the shallow waters of the Pacific Ocean.

It was sighted on June 26 nearly half a mile deep around a reef complex in the Phoenix Islands Archipelago, which is located in the central Pacific Ocean. "Live-streaming the dives gives us a ...