Is the giant Pacific octopus dangerous to humans? Why would it want to target a diver and his equipment deep in the ocean?

Sightings of dumbo octopuses are rare, so researchers were enthralled when one appeared on their submersible's camera on a deep-sea dive near Hawaii. More from News Sightings of dumbo octopuses ...

One of the human’s worst inventions has to be plastic, whose ramifications not only affect life on land but also creatures deep underwater. Diver ... the octopus 20 meters below sea level.

Two miles beneath the ocean surface, at the base of a deep-sea seamount they uncovered the largest known gathering of octopus in the world – 20,000 pearl octopus breeding in warm hydrothermal ...

To capture images, the research team used a special deep-sea camera, designed by chief scientist Alan Jamieson, PhD. Dumbo octopus species have been off the California and Oregon coasts ...

The almost 10-hour dive - part of a research trip ... "I’m also seeing these amazing sponges, fish and octopus and lots of other fauna that live in the deep sea." She said that time spent ...