No schoolyard insult is more dreaded, more cruel, more head-turning than calling someone a copycat. Copycatism is adolescent plagiarism, through and through, and potentially devastating to one’s ...

In an excerpt from the new book Secrets of the Octopus, an animal lover offers insight into this “strange, beautiful, curious creature.” Heavy webbing between the arms of a female blanket octopus ...

Nicholas Bellono, a professor of molecular and cell biology at Harvard University, was worried about his first octopus. “It’s not trivial to have an octopus in the lab,” he says. They're wily ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s ...

Octopuses have blue blood, three hearts and a doughnut-shaped brain. But these aren’t even the most unusual things about them! Known for their otherworldly look and remarkable intelligence, octopuses ...

For decades, my father taught biology at Middlebury College in Vermont. One of his signature courses focused on invertebrates and, as a kid, I’d often tag along on class field trips to the Maine coast ...

Scientists are studying how the argonaut octopus evolved the ability to produce a floating shell-like structure to care for its offspring. By Sofia Quaglia Argonauta Argo is not a typical octopus.

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Science | Updated: March 13, 2024 | Originally Published: October 31, 2013 These bizarre creatures have been around for hundreds of millions of years, and for humans, they’ve inspired horror, ...

There’s a great octopus story coming your way tomorrow. For that reason, I thought it was about time to republish this – the first ever post I wrote for Not Exactly Rocket Science, about the ...

At a humming factory in the Spanish town of O Carballino, workers sling dozens of limp octopuses into a metal cauldron, wincing as strings of slime splatter their aprons. Nearby, others slice ...