While an octopus-dominated future may seem "improbable ... "It's impossible to predict with any degree of certainty how evolution will unfold over extended periods." Rafi Schwartz has worked ...

Octopus fossils are rare ... The short answer is: evolution. Through tens of millions of years, individuals that were better at disguise were more likely to evade predators and leave offspring.

The complex biology of an octopus shines through as a brief snippet displays its unique ability to camouflage in water.

This study opens a new avenue of research into the role of miRNAs in octopus brain evolution. Octopus brains have intrigued scientists for a long time because they evolved independently of vertebrates ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex.

Take the octopus. Those octopi alive today are a marvel of evolution—they can mold themselves into almost any shape and are ...

Octopuses have a large nervous system, with the average octopus having about 500 million neurons or brain cells. That puts it in the same “brain range” as smaller mammals such as dogs.

What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? Philosopher and scuba ...

Octopus, probably Pareledone species, from 500m depth on the Bellingshausen Sea continental shelf.Pic BAS.) Scientists, including from British Antarctic Survey, have used octopus DNA to discover ...

And when a fish slacks off, the octopus isn’t shy about delivering it a swift slap. Teamwork Beneath the Waves New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution studied how the common octopus ...