Floating in near-weightless conditions can be disorienting for even the most experienced astronauts. Male reproductive ...

Sensory organ in male cephalopod able to detect female hormone progesterone, even if male cannot see partner ...

The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...

A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory ...

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

University of Adelaide research shows sperm navigation fails in microgravity conditions, posing significant challenges for human reproduction in space.

A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a “taste by touch” sensory system and even can couple at arm’s length without actually seeing each other.

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

In Karamoja, livestock is not just an asset class; it is the operating system of the local economy. Cattle and goats function simultaneously as savings, insurance, food supply, and social capital. It ...

How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.

What does it mean when a snow leopard, important to species survival, is deemed effectively sterile? That was the topic of conversation at the Louisville Zoo last week after a reproductive assessment ...