The Secret Behind an Octopus's Unusual Intelligence May Finally Have an Answer ...

Understanding How Octopuses Solve Puzzles And Why Their Intelligence Continues To Fascinate Scientists: Octopuses are widely ...

Octopuses and squids carry the largest nervous systems of any invertebrate, and roughly two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons sit in its arms. Each arm can reach, grasp, and taste with a degree of ...

The octopus genome with its complex DNA code has finally been cracked. Scientists are eager to answer questions about these creatures’ unusual physiology and incredible intelligence. Scientists ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These five research-backed insights show why the octopus ...

We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.

Scientists in Italy have developed a flexible robotic arm modelled on the octopus, combining soft materials with ...

Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass. Should they serve as menu items, too? Whether stuffed into ...