A decentralized nervous system is one factor that helps octopuses adapt to changes, such as injury or predation, as seen in the case of an Octopus vulgaris, or common octopus, that was observed with ...

An eye-opening experiment on cephalopods reinforces why it is so important for us to not underestimate animal intelligence.

The octopus is unlike any other creature on Earth. With three hearts, blue blood, a decentralized nervous system, and the ...

chierchiae octopuses, which could provide huge insights into cephalopod intelligence and behaviors. Wang and her team at UW have studied O. chierchiae for several years and were part of the first ...

However, as a psychologist, I see intelligence as the most intriguing part of the equation. Just how smart are cephalopods, really? After all, it’s legal to farm chickens and cows. Is an octopus ...

Historically, cephalopod intelligence has been eclipsed by octopuses’ more alien traits: they bleed blue blood, have beaks, three beating hearts and eight arms. But Schnell’s research adds ...

The cephalopods form one of the biggest departures from this pattern. In fact, scientists say that these backbone-less mollusks break the mold made by their fellow invertebrates thanks to their ...

Many view octopus aquaculture as inhumane because of the cephalopod's intelligence. In 2024, Washington and California became the first states to pass bans with similar legislation being ...

According to new research, this cephalopod has a trick hidden up its tentacles — or rather, its large brain. It reveals one surprising aspect of this creature's intelligence: self-control.

The cephalopods resisted eating a piece of prawn for as long as two minutes to earn an even better snack (a live shrimp). Unlike humans — whose intelligence is, as it were, all in their heads ...