The octopus is a biological oddity. It can use tools, open jars, and its complex nervous system supports as many neurons as a small primate. Now Harvard biologists have discovered a mysterious ...

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Octopuses are among the most neurologically complex invertebrates, famed for their extraordinary dexterity. Their eight arms allow them to capture hidden prey, communicate, explore, and even mate ...

Octopuses possess specialized skin structures that allow them to change their color and texture to blend in. Their visual systems detect light and patterns, but they have poor color vision. Neural ...

The first whole genome analysis of an octopus reveals unique features that likely played a role in the evolution of traits such as large complex nervous systems and adaptive camouflage. An ...

Octopus arms coordinate nearly infinite degrees of freedom to perform complex movements such as reaching, grasping, fetching, crawling, and swimming. How these animals achieve such a wide range of ...

On the seafloor, the veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) turns discarded coconut shells into something far more useful ...

When Dr. Rebecka Sepela was a kid, she performed kitchen table science experiments with her grandfather. He was a product chemist and encouraged Sepela to be curious about the powerful role that ...