A study of octopus DNA may have solved an enduring mystery about when the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet last collapsed, unlocking valuable information about how much future sea levels may ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Octopuses have eight flexible arms, each equipped with hundreds of suckers that can taste, smell, feel, and react on their own. While that sounds like science fiction, it’s exactly how ...

Photo courtesy Roger Hanlon via AP This photo provided by researchers in September 2024 shows a wild Octopus americanus. New research shows octopuses tend to perform some tasks more often with their ...

Research describes a computational model that captures the intricate muscular architecture of an octopus arm. Mechanical engineering PhD candidate Arman Tekinalp, fellow graduate student Seung Hyun ...

The octopus is a striking creature. Their most defining feature, of course, is their eight arms. A new study of octopuses has now documented exactly how those eight arms are used in the wild.

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