We know octopuses are intelligent, but watch as this octopus surprises scientists by finding its own way to solve a problem.

University of Oregon researchers discovered a 480-million-year-old sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus, making ...

Scientists at University of Oregon discover one of the oldest known animal sex chromosomes in California two-spot octopus.

This octopus has never been captured ... Virmani said the new whale discovery was made from recovered fossils rather than a living specimen. "There's still a lot to be analyzed, but it's possible." ...

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome. That's a big deal given that scientists didn't know until now if these oddball ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery about octopuses: they have one of the oldest known sex chromosomes in the animal ...

"Of the four new Costa Rica species, only the Dorado octopus was observed brooding their eggs at hydrothermal springs," said a press release. "The discovery adds to evidence that the Muusoctopus ...

They are also neutrally buoyant. This allows them to passively drift through the water. So far, 17 valid species of Dumbo octopus have been discovered, but there could be many more. Because these ...

This discovery by researchers at the University ... suckers to carry out these worm-like movements." The neurons in the octopus's arms are concentrated along an axial nerve cord that undulates ...

Perhaps the most impressive of all self-concealers is the mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus. Discovered in 1998 in Indonesia, this octopus doesn’t copy surrounding rocks, reefs and seaweed like ...

The research suggest octopus and other cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, all rely on the ancient chromosome to determine sex.