Tiny blue octopus found at the northern edge of the Galapagos archipelago

An adorable blue octopus, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, was first found off the coast of the Galapagos Islands during a 2015 deep-sea expedition. Scientists aboard a ship used a remotely operated underwater robot to explore the ocean floor near Darwin Island, at the northern edge of the Galapagos archipelago. As the robot's camera moved over the seabed near an underwater mountain, 5,800 feet below the surface, researchers were astonished to spot this tiny and stunning new octopus species.