Octopuses, they’re just like us: New research suggests the eight-armed cephalopods are also fooled by a version of the rubber hand trick. In humans, this illusion involves covering a person’s hand so ...

When the scientists paired two male octopuses in the same setup, the males interacted by touching arms, but they never ...

Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...

Researchers studying a deep-sea octopus called Muusoctopus robustus have found thousands of the animals congregating at hydrothermal springs near an underwater mountain off California, raising fresh ...

Scientists have learned how male octopuses' specialized sperm-depositing arm knows where to go ...