Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to ...
Fossil jaws reveal giant prehistoric octopuses may have ruled ancient oceans as powerful apex predators during the Cretaceous ...
This octopus survives in plain sight. Here’s how it adapts its body in real time to mirror dangerous species and navigate one ...
Cephalopods such as octopuses are known to feel pain, but there is a lack of suitable analgesics for use in these animals.
Octopuses are surprisingly intelligent, with two-thirds of their neurons in their arms, allowing them to solve puzzles, ...
Below the waves, giant marine reptiles, such as the fearsome 4m (13ft) long mosasaurs, were the undisputed apex predators. In artistic reconstructions of these ancient oceans, cephalopods – the animal ...