A diver filmed an affectionate encounter with a Maori octopus that was seen gently embracing her camera near a pier in Rye, Australia.

Many animals possess the fascinating ability to change colour. Chameleons adjust nanocrystals for temperature control and ...

Octopuses have many amazing abilities and characteristics; they have huge brains and can solve puzzles; their ink can ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

These intelligent sea creatures have multiple brains — nine, to be exact. In addition to a central brain located between its ...

Octopuses don’t think like we do. In fact, most of their neurons aren’t in their brains at all. Instead, they’re spread across their eight arms, giving each limb a degree of autonomy that borders on ...

Extra-sensory perception The nine-armed octopus and the oddities of the cephalopod nervous system A mix of autonomous and top-down control manage the octopus's limbs.

Scientists inspired by the octopus’s nervous system have developed a robot that can decide how to move or grip objects by sensing its environment.

Nature showcases diverse nervous systems beyond a single command center. Several animals, including octopuses, leeches, and starfish, have evolved multiple brain-like organs or distributed nerve ...

Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity, bending, twisting, and curling with nearly infinite degrees of freedom. New research from the University of Chicago revealed that the nervous system ...

However, unlike a tail, octopus arms are boneless. Technically, they are a type of structure called a “muscular hydrostat,” composed only of muscle, connective tissue, and nervous tissue.