Birch officials said they believe this marks the first time red octopuses are hatched, raised and settled in aquarium care.
Hong Kong’s revised scheme now requires elderly and people with disabilities to pay 20 per cent of fares for trips costing ...
In a first-of-its-kind occurrence, about 15 red octopuses in the La Jolla aquarium’s care have transitioned from a ...
In lieu of a penis, the male has a special mating arm called a hectocotylus. In a new study published today in Science, ...
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Octopuses don’t need eyes to mate — their arms do the work
Learn how specialized sensory cells and 500 million neurons help octopuses recognize mates and reproduce through touch alone.
After two years, crews have finished surfacing hundreds of ancient Roman plates, tools, and more from a Swiss shipwreck in ...
How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.
Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...
The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...
A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory ...
When the scientists paired two male octopuses in the same setup, the males interacted by touching arms, but they never ...
New research reveals how octopuses essentially have a tongue, an arm, a penis and a sperm cell all rolled into one appendage.
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