The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) is native to the coast of California and Mexico and is identified by their bright blue eyespots. (Roger T. Hanlon/Marine Biological Labratory) ...

Octopuses are remarkably intelligent creatures, as was demonstrated by Inky the Octopus's famous escape from the National ...

Cephalopods, including octopuses, have exceptionally large and complex nervous systems; the octopod brain is thought to have 37 lobes that control a variety of functions. New research has suggested ...

The California Two-Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculoides), which calls the Californian coast its home, is a small, social cephalopod that’s a popular pet among the cephalopod obsessed. However, one ...

The oldest-known sex chromosome emerged in octopus and squid between 455 million and 248 million years ago — 180 million years earlier than the previous record-holder, scientists have discovered. The ...

Octopus minds are notoriously mysterious. Earlier this year, when scientists published a study on measuring octopus brain waves in the journal Current Biology, they were forced to admit that the ...

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