An octopus distributes its nervous system in a way that no vertebrate does: only about one-third of its neurons sit inside ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These five research-backed insights show why the octopus ...
Octopuses may be even smarter than we thought. Researchers at Dartmouth found that octopuses can learn to use mirrors to ...
An ordinary egg became the center of attention when it was introduced to a curious octopus underwater. What seemed like a ...
Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass. Should they serve as menu items, too? Whether stuffed into ...
We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.