Octopus arms keep from getting all tangled up in part because some kind of chemical in octopus skin prevents the tentacles' suckers from grabbing on.That… ...

This provides each arm with a degree of autonomy, allowing an octopus to use some arms to perform one task while also carrying out another, entirely different activity with other arms.

The film "Octopus in the House" by the National Electric Products Corporation illustrates the dangers of inadequate home wiring through the comedic struggles of the Jones family. It highlights the ...

Intriguing and incredibly unique, octopuses are cephalopods with three hearts that pump blue blood throughout their eight arms. These intelligent sea creatures have multiple brains — nine, to be ...

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Researchers reported on Tuesday in the journal Cell that octopus arms are fine-tuned to “eavesdrop into the microbial world,” detecting microbiomes on the surfaces around them and deriving ...

Now, in a new study published on November 28 in Current Biology, Hale and her colleagues have described something new and totally unexpected about the octopus nervous system: a structure by which the ...

The eldritch, alien movements of octopus arms have captivated people for generations. These underwater cephalopods don't have just one brain but nine, with each of their arms able to act semi ...

'Octopus with Broken Arms' led the Chinese box office for a fifth consecutive weekend, earning $7.1 million over the weekend.

Biologists investigated whether octopuses preferred certain arms over others when hunting, rather than using each arm equally. No matter what type of prey came by, each octopus attacked using the ...

Some chemical in octopus skin acts as a repellent to the little suction cups on the arms, a surprise finding shows. Without it, the eight-armed creature would tie itself in knots.