The octopus appeared at an unnamed seamount 5,518 feet (1,682 meters) deep in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument near Hawaii, which has been called the largest contiguous fully ...

As strange as it may seem, octopuses do have teeth. Find out more about octopus biology and learn how they use their specialized teeth in the initial stages of food processing. Octopus Biology ...

Octopus species exhibit complex life histories, with reproductive development and embryogenesis playing pivotal roles in their survival and adaptability. Research in this field has elucidated how ...

It’s not uncommon, for example, to see an octopus using several arms to move itself across the ocean floor while cracking open a shell with two others. Each arm can also react independently to ...

Feb 27, 2023 Reaching like an octopus: a biology-inspired model opens the door to soft robot control (Nanowerk News) Octopus arms coordinate nearly infinite degrees of freedom to perform complex ...

Like humans, octopuses can fall for the rubber hand illusion and believe that a fake arm is theirs. This suggests they have a ...

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 ...

Salt water covers seven-tenths of Earth's surface and is where life began. So it is no surprise that our oceans are home to a ...

The San Antonio Aquarium is facing backlash after a venomous octopus in a touch tank injured a 6-year-old boy. Here's what ...

Energy-shaping control of a muscular octopus arm moving in three dimensions. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2023; 479 (2270) DOI: 10.1098/rspa ...