(Reuters) - The octopus is an extraordinary creature - and not only because of its eight limbs, three hearts, blue blood, ink squirting, camouflage capacity and the tragic fact that it dies after ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Culum Brown, Professor, Macquarie University Michael, ...

It’s hard for the octopus to pick just one party trick. It swims via jet propulsion, shoots inky chemicals at its foes, and can change its skin within seconds to blend in with its surroundings. A team ...

Scientists have demonstrated that cephalopods have an expanded number of microRNA families, which could explain how the complex octopus brain developed. Octopuses and other coleoid cephalopods are ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish – even to scientists who study them – are wonderfully weird creatures. Known as the soft-bodied or coleoid cephalopods, they have the largest nervous ...

A mysterious deep-sea creature has now offered scientists a rare look into the distant past, as new research uncovers clues hidden in its enormous genome. The findings prompted a simple question for ...

An octopus in seen in its "active sleep" state during a laboratory study at the Brain Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in Natal, Brazil, in this undated handout photograph.