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Scientists say they’ve found the world’s third known octopus nursery and possibly a new species of the eight legged cephalopod.

The team captured footage of the eight-armed creatures brooding their eggs in groups near Costa Rica

In 2013, scientists found octopuses doing something unusual at Dorado Outcrop, a small seamount off the west coast of Costa Rica. While most octopuses are known to be solitary animals, females had gathered at this spot to brood their eggs near a low-temperature hydrothermal vent. But at the time, scientists didn’t see any octopus babies, […]

There are only three known sites where octopus mothers gather to brood.

This is the third known example of a brooding site where a large number of octopuses cluster together.