Coconut shell octopus in Lembeh Straits. Photo via Getty Images Ray Nayler’s novel The Mountain in the Sea asks the kinds of questions about us, our future and our interaction with other living ...
Researchers have identified an extinct vampire squid-like creature that is the first of its kind with 10 functional arms. The earliest known relative of octopuses and vampire squid has been named ...
Bones, 2 million years old, from South Africa may prove link in evolution theory Sept. 8, 2011 — -- Scientists say a set of 2-million-year-old fossils could be a key link in the process of ...
Detailed analysis of octopus genes reveals that there are sex chromosomes that determine male and female octopuses, which until now could only be distinguished by whether they lay eggs, and that ...
The oldest known sex chromosome in animals has been discovered, pushing back the date for the evolution of sex chromosomes to between 248 million and 455 million years ago. The ancient chromosome ...
He traced his enslaved ancestors back to Africa. Here’s how. He traced his enslaved ancestors back to Africa. Here’s how. Did this mysterious human relative bury its dead? Did this mysterious ...
To understand how aliens might think, Dominic Sivitilli went to the bottom of the sea to find the closest thing: an octopus. Its sophisticated nervous systems and sensitive suckers allow it to do ...
Slime molds, which live in soil, are truly ancient animals. They arrived on land close to a billion years ago and may well have colonized continents that were then home only to films of bacteria.
Octopuses have impressive cognitive abilities and brains that are unique among invertebrates. A recent study by an international team coordinated by Remo Sanges (International School for Advanced ...
Slime molds, which live in soil, are truly ancient animals. They arrived on land close to a billion years ago and may well have colonized continents that were then home only to films of bacteria.
A team of researchers led by Virginia Tech Assistant Professor Michael Bartlett have developed an octopus-inspired glove capable of securely gripping objects underwater. Their research was ...