Wild octopus arm movements reveal extraordinary control, offering insights that may transform robotics design and lifesaving ...

To build their visual dictionary, the researchers examined two hours of video footage each of 25 wild octopuses in a variety ...

Octopus arms are one of the most flexible structures known in all of the biological world. Their agility is so extraordinary ...

Anyone with a paltry two arms is probably familiar with handedness, our predisposition to use either the left or right hand for particular tasks. (No ambidexterity erasure intended; you are valid!) ...

Octopuses are among the most neurologically complex invertebrates, famed for their extraordinary dexterity. Their eight arms ...

The research reveals new details about how the famously flexible mollusks coordinate some of the most complex movements in ...

Research showed that all eight arms of an octopus are capable of performing any task their cephalopod owner wishes, but some ...

Researchers have compiled the first complete catalog of octopus arm movements from 25 wild octopuses filmed in their natural habitats.

When octopuses move across the seafloor, they can use multiple arms to camouflage from predators. These strong arms are also ...

Researchers studied octopuses in the wild to learn whether they favor one of their eight arms over the others for certain jobs, but found the creatures give new meaning to ambidextrous.

Think your multitasking is impressive? A new study reveals that wild octopuses use their arms with incredible complexity.

News of the approaching demise of Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, prompted an ...