Discovered in the deep: meet Casper the ghostly octopus

First spotted in Hawaii in 2016 more than two miles beneath the surface, scientists are slowly learning the cephalopod?s secretsA white octopus sat on the seabed, gently waggling its short, stubby arms and peering with beady eyes into the camera of a deep-diving robot.It was 2016, in waters off Hawaii, at a depth of 4,290 metres (2.6 miles). No one had ever seen an octopus like it, and certainly not so deep. Based on its ghostly appearance, it was nicknamed Casper. Continue reading...