Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living ...

Our oceans are as remarkable as they are mysterious; the deep dark waters as foreign to us as far-reaching planets. Though ...

This paper presents an application of the energy shaping methodology to control a flexible, elastic Cosserat rod model of a single octopus arm. The novel contributions of this work are two-fold: (i) a ...

The deep ocean remains one of Earth’s last great frontiers — a pitch-black, high-pressure world where sunlight never reaches and temperatures plunge to near freezing. Yet life not only exists here but ...

A Spanish company plans to open an octopus farm. This has caused global concern. Scientists and activists are worried about ...

Prepare to meet twelve incredible deep-sea animals that glow in the dark, each more fascinating and mysterious than the last. Let’s dive deep and explore the wild wonders lurking beneath the waves.

Even if local fishers receive deep-sea boats, the huge industrial ships coming into the new port loaded with fish will disrupt the local market and deny them a livelihood, he said.

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The octopus nervous system is unlike anything in the animal kingdom. Roughly two-thirds of its 500 million neurons are located in its arms, not its central brain.

Researchers reported 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 ...