Scientists have unveiled a synthetic skin inspired by octopus camouflage that is capable of changing colour and texture, opening up potential uses from robotics to display technologies. Researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unlike a tail, octopus arms are boneless. Olson explains that “there are many gross similarities [between the ANC and vertebrates’ ...

Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and eat prey, so marine animals with teeth are not uncommon. Sharks, dolphins, eels, whales, many fish species, and marine mammals like seals and sea lions have ...

Octopus species exhibit complex life histories, with reproductive development and embryogenesis playing pivotal roles in their survival and adaptability. Research in this field has elucidated how ...

When people think of intelligent animals, they immediately think of dolphins, elephants, and chimpanzees. But one of the most ...

The nutritional biology of common octopus paralarvae is a rapidly advancing field that integrates physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology. Paralarvae, representing the early, planktonic stage ...

The heat, a new study suggests, makes for an ideal breeding ground for these eight-legged animals. By Katrina Miller In 2018, Amanda Kahn, an invertebrate biologist at San Jose State University, ...

Jeanne Villepreux-Power created the first scientific aquarium to study marine life live. Her invention disproved long-held myths and shaped modern marine biology despite her being overlooked.

Prepare to be AMAZED by this viral video of an octopus solving a maze. Sashimi the Octopus even shocked his owner, Mark Rober ...

Humans are not the only species who practice 'safe sex', although this means something quite different for one species of octopus. Marine biologists from Australia have revealed that male-blue lined ...