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E/V Nautilus 2018 expedition in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

October 2019

Last year, scientists aboard the E/V Nautilus visited NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and discovered thousands of brooding octopuses in the deepsea! Check out our video to learn what it was like to make that discovery, and then visit nautiluslive.org to see their recent return to the octopus garden.