The key to understanding E.T. might be as simple or as complex as understanding a creature on Earth we know very little about — the octopus. New research presented at the 2019 Astrobiology ...

Cephalopod suction was previously thought to be a product of these creatures’ soft, flexible bodies, which can deform easily ...

One octopus turned into 51, eight tentacles into 408. The boy’s father, Dr. Cameron Clifford, worked day and night to keep the octopuses alive.