How Did Antarctic Octopuses Thrive in Subzero Seas? Blue Blood and Cold-Adapted Enzymes Unveiled

Medicine & Technology Oct 06, 2023

Researchers studied Antarctic octopuses, highlighting sodium-potassium pump enzyme adaptations, revealing their survival in frigid waters. Continue reading to learn more.

Octopuses Could Be Capable of Dreaming and Experience REM Sleep, Simulation Finds

Jun 29, 2023

Two-stage sleep experienced independent evolution, with new findings showing how they could be present in cephalopods, including octopuses. Read to learn more.

Do Octopuses Get Nightmares? Footage Reveals the Creature Thrashing, Getting Jolted Out of Peaceful Sleep

May 22, 2023

Scientists were able to film an octopus thrashing and gelting jolted. This could possibly be due to nightmares. Read to learn more.

Octopuses, Squids Taste the World Differently Based on Lifestyle Despite Having Similar Special Receptors in Suckers

Apr 26, 2023

People have different tastes and it turns out that even octopuses and squids have evolved to taste different kinds of flavors too. Read the article to learn more.

Octopuses Have Preferences on Certain Arms They Use When Hunting to Catch Different Prey

Sep 23, 2022

Octopuses may have eight arms, but a new study found that these cephalopods prefer certain arms when hunting. Read the article to learn more.

Octopuses Are Making Human Trash Their Homes, Watch Baby Octopus Taking Shelter in a Beer Can

Mar 14, 2022

A systematic review of 261 underwater images reveals that octopuses are increasingly interacting with litter on the ocean floor. Check out some of the octopuses living in human trash.

If This Humans Become Extinct, Will Animals Evolve?

Jan 01, 2022

Molecular ecologist Martha Riskind, from North Carolina State University, said with modern-sequencing technology and their insight of evolution, they are quite good at making short-term forecasts on what will happen after human extinction.

Scientists Study Impacts of Acidic Water on Octopuses

Jan 14, 2021

Researchers study the impacts of acidic water on octopuses, possibly bringing new understanding into how activities affect the world and how the world itself is adjusting in response.