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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Learn more about the mating of blue-lined octopuses — a treacherous ordeal involving sex, cannibalism, and sedation.

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.

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 ...