By Davide ManciniPaola Margu ASTURIAS, Spain, and YUCATÁN, Mexico — On a mild February morning, Isaac Blanco quickly places ...

Octopuses can taste with their arms, and a new study reveals that specifically, they're tasting chemical cues from microbes ...

Psychedelics are drugs that cause an altered state of consciousness. Dölen and Tippett discussed plant based compounds like ...

Once a two-spot octopus lays her eggs, she typically won't live much longer. The jury is still out on whether one of Terrance's babies will become a permanent member of the Clifford household.

The California two-spot octopus can edit the RNA in its brain to produce different proteins as ocean temperatures fluctuate, a new study finds.

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 ...

How many hearts does an octopus have? Octopuses have three hearts. One heart pumps blood throughout the body and the other two move blood to the gills, according to the nonprofit National Wildlife ...

Octopuses have about as many neurons as a dog – the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, has around 500 million. About two thirds are in its arms. The rest are in the doughnut-shaped brain, which is ...

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus ...

The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome ...

The team followed the octopuses for 13 hunts, during which they observed groups of between two and 10 fish working with each octopus. These hunting groups typically included several species of ...

The team followed the octopuses for 13 hunts, during which they observed groups of between two and 10 fish working with each octopus. These hunting groups typically included several species of ...