The famous 300-million-year-old Pohlsepia mazonensis, discovered in 2000 and later lauded in the Guinness Book of World ...

In 2000, researchers thought they found the oldest fossil octopus, which lived over 300 million years ago. But it may just be ...

A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus—even featuring in the Guinness Book of ...

Learn how a 300-million-year-old fossil once thought to be the oldest octopus was reidentified after hidden teeth were ...

When the scientists paired two male octopuses in the same setup, the males interacted by touching arms, but they never ...

Life in the ocean is perilous, and 78% of the captured octopuses were missing at least one arm due to encounters with ...

Scientists have learned how male octopuses’ specialized sperm-depositing arm knows where to go ...

The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...

Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...

A recent study has found video evidence that octopuses are hitting fish in the ocean for some unknown reason, displaying ...

To test their ideas, scientists observed California two-spot octopuses in tanks. They placed males and females on opposite ...

A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory ...