Small-scale octopus fisheries can provide sustainable source of vital nutrients for tropical coastal communities
Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics - where children’s growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients – can ...
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Unique features of octopus create ‘an entirely new way of designing a nervous system’
Octopuses are not much like humans — they are invertebrates with eight arms, and more closely related to clams and ...
What octopus and human brains have in common
Cephalopods like octopuses, squids and cuttlefish are highly intelligent animals with complex nervous systems. In “Science Advances”, a team led ...
How squid and octopus get their big brains
Cephalopods — which includes octopus, squid, and their cuttlefish cousins — are capable of some truly charismatic behaviors. They can ...
Inside the genome of the world’s weirdest octopus
The greater argonaut, Argonauta argo, has a reputation for being the world’s weirdest octopus and indeed may be one of ...
A new map of the octopus visual system gives clues to brain evolution
It’s hard for the octopus to pick just one party trick. It swims via jet propulsion, shoots inky chemicals at ...
Scientists reveal the true identity of a Chinese octopus
As they were collecting cephalopod samples in Dongshan island in China’s Fujian Province, a team of researchers came across an ...
Octopus lures from the Mariana Islands found to be oldest in the world
An archaeological study has determined that cowrie-shell artifacts found throughout the Mariana Islands were lures used for hunting octopuses and ...
Underwater glove puts octopus’ abilities on the hand of humans
A team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Michael Bartlett have developed an octopus-inspired glove capable of securely gripping objects underwater. Their ...
The octopus’ brain and the human brain share the same “jumping genes”
The octopus is an exceptional organism with an extremely complex brain and cognitive abilities that are unique among invertebrates. So ...
Changes in cholesterol production lead to tragic octopus death spiral
For all their uncanny intelligence and seemingly supernatural abilities to change color and regenerate limbs, octopuses often suffer a tragic ...
Squid and octopus genome studies reveal how cephalopods’ unique traits evolved
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish – even to scientists who study them – are wonderfully weird creatures. ...
MBL team succeeds in culturing the pygmy zebra octopus
Credit: Tim Briggs By Emily Greenhalgh WOODS HOLE, Mass. — For generations, scientists have relied on a handful of organisms ...