Axios
By Alison Snyder
July 1, 2023
Two octopus nurseries have been spotted deep below the ocean surface off the west coast of Costa Rica.
The big picture: It’s a rare sighting. Octopuses are typically solitary creatures and aren’t known to brood their eggs near other octopuses. Before this expedition, there was only one other known deep-sea octopus nursery, which was discovered on an underwater mountain off the coast of central California.
What they found: A team of international scientists aboard a Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel discovered the octopus nurseries while sampling low-temperature hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.