National Institute of Technology—Wakayama College (NITW; Japan), and Shimane University (Japan) present the largest ...

Olson explains that “there are many gross similarities [between the ANC and vertebrates’ spinal cords]—there is a cell body region, a neuropil region, and long tracts to connect the arms and brains in ...

Karma, a giant Pacific Octopus at New England Aquarium. Source: Tia Strombeck, used with permission. Octopuses are amazing animals. They're extremely intelligent and highly emotional, sentient, ...

More than just aquarium must-sees, octopuses are known for being highly intelligent creatures and, at times, even friends to humans. These connections are the subjects of the popular 2020 documentary ...

Learn the surprising similarities between the sleep cycles of octopuses and humans, and how an octopus’ skin may reveal what ...

Octopuses have a few characteristics that make them stand out as one of the most intelligent mollusks in the ocean. These slippery, strange ocean creatures, characterized by their large craniums and ...

In this year’s Alliance One Book One Community title, Montgomery recounts her friendships with several octopuses. She explores their almost alien intelligence, one that is of the Earth but so ...

Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and eat prey, so marine animals with teeth are not uncommon. Sharks, dolphins, eels, whales, many fish species, and marine mammals like seals and sea lions have ...

The octopus is a pretty odd animal under even the most ordinary circumstances – or ordinary by octopus standards, at least.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Brunswick resident Heather D. Martin wants to know what’s on your mind; ...

Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish ...

Amazon Prime Video's "Octopus!" is a two-part documentary special narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, premiering May 8 Prime Video/YouTube Octopuses are amassing fans for their quirky ways. The upcoming ...