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

The story of a 300-million-year-old fossil has been rewritten after scientists discovered that it doesn’t actually belong to ...

A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth ...

How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.

Octopus sex seems like a very dignified affair. A male octopus hands his sperm to a female using one of his eight arms to ...

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

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

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is celebrating a historic milestone in cephalopod care with the successful settlement of more than 15 red octopuses (Octopus ...

Octopuses and their arms are a bit of a mystery. Not because scientists don’t know how they work; they’re boneless hydrostats, made up of... Untangling The Science of Octopus Arms Octopuses and their ...

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

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