The neural and cognitive complexity of the octopus could originate from a molecular analogy with the human brain, according to a new study. The research shows that the same 'jumping genes' are active ...

Among the smartest animals on Earth, octopuses are unique for being utterly weird in their evolutionary path to developing those smarts. Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith has called the octopus the ...

In the Academy Award-winning documentary “My Octopus Teacher,” a South African man named Craig Foster befriends a wild octopus while diving and exploring the nearby ocean. Among many other marvels, he ...

Researchers created a self-applying suction patch to improve drug absorption in part by drawing inspiration from the distinctive structural characteristics of octopus suckers. The noninvasive platform ...

The nutritional biology of common octopus paralarvae is a rapidly advancing field that integrates physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology. Paralarvae, representing the early, planktonic stage ...