Researchers studied octopuses in the wild to learn whether they favor one of their eight arms over the others for certain jobs, but found the creatures give new meaning to ambidextrous.

They found that while each octopus arm can perform all types of movements, there is a clear division of functional roles among them. The forearms are responsible for exploring and sensing the ...

To build their visual dictionary, the researchers examined two hours of video footage each of 25 wild octopuses in a variety ...

Research showed that all eight arms of an octopus are capable of performing any task their cephalopod owner wishes, but some ...

When octopuses move across the seafloor, they can use multiple arms to camouflage from predators. These strong arms are also ...

Octopus arms are one of the most flexible structures known in all of the biological world. Their agility is so extraordinary ...