{"id":606728,"date":"2026-05-27T14:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606728\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:23:09","slug":"octopus-discovered-off-galapagos-islands-confirmed-as-new-species-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606728\/","title":{"rendered":"Octopus discovered off Galapagos Islands confirmed as new species &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPelpfYWREMnZ2cjRFRGZLbFBnRnBXWWJINF9QTFNucnk3amxQaWlVeTlSN3dpbEY0WGxJczVQMlkxTzNtRzlCZ0NteWoxdU5mUVhKUEUxZWpCOW90TEl4dE5ZREZfc0N3Z0RoS3NPYldXYnBiNVVjQngySDBCSVE4ckFFY3hRYTlLZ2hTNjlSdy1udURpaWRwejM1WmJNeF9yLWgxdktLMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Octopus discovered off Galapagos Islands confirmed as new species<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE96SEI4ejVPTkRROWtpSkY0UnBFcHVZZWZpdW1pdWJwTFpzNDMzQWJBdlgtU0hLaUo5TDRuWjlWdFl1Uk93Mi1fUm8yWVB3dFRUM0pCUlU3Vk1Hb3BQQjhseE5lQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New teeny tiny octopus discovered off the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE5OcjBmYmpHcnVpYXJRYzZsUUtRZG5UaGwtX3dUNEJLZWxQLWl2ZV9LdkVBNzdaZVdnaERuLW1ISENFNGN1aHVXaDA5aXNvMTNwUmV0aVdvTEdNbk0zdm1JWndmRlNXWHZCU25Wb0trbS01NlZWMU9pY19Yd9IBgAFBVV95cUxNbWhmbS1OcVBydFAwOVN1OEVNS3hHdWZkQkJSWU5JREk1Rk53WktOZk5SQnVLRUdQS29yLXc4YjBacnRGVjZJUTZaMGJzbjFEU2FYVUI2emFtNDBoSllTcmFmVzFXQV91ZF9sTF9jSkRZQWkyZW9zMEVmaU1JdjZZcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strange new species of blue octopus discovered by scientists 5,900 feet underwater: &#8220;It&#8217;s beautiful&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBS News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQa2huT3VacUd5cnFHWFNfRkkzZi1wWWdmV2YwMDBJTloyWDVfYUVFdENYRlo3ZnNGejlGazdvMlVmRGtpeWVzam1Obk9SQlNjQ1M2aHpzR182RWdNWkxOQ0xBbVhfd3pQS2lrQU0xS2VXNGcwdEN2V3g5TURtaHVpRF9UelpmdXFsZWZvYVZFQlZoTldIZm83ZGFjVWYwSkR3ejJmbGNjNmo3Tjh0Y1J1QXRR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New &#8216;golf ball&#8217; sized octopus species discovered in the Galapagos deep sea<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Oceanographic Magazine<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQMldCNWo1eFpIZTktTlRBWFNpQnhPTmVOTzZMc1VKbjN2RV9memFDOGZQdDZrWU02dXZvcTluaE9pUUR0b2x3RE5PWGR5RzY4V2stalRuak1kN0hxYVBoeDF6eG1ta0FnbTNydnE2WUREN2liU0poRnNlWTdUVmljX3VjNU4tZHhwamlnckZhMy1HdGtSaE5FNlZYMExzbVl4WVJpNno2SnVxQlVEcWV4dVFsclg3QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This newly-discovered blue octopus from the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands could curl up in the palm of your hand<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Field Museum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Octopus discovered off Galapagos Islands confirmed as new species&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentNew teeny tiny octopus discovered off the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCStrange&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-606728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}