Birch officials said they believe this marks the first time red octopuses are hatched, raised and settled in aquarium care.
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To test their ideas, scientists observed California two-spot octopuses in tanks. They placed males and females on opposite ...
A new study led by Harvard biologists, in collaboration with the University of California San Diego, the Okinawa Institute of ...
In lieu of a penis, the male has a special mating arm called a hectocotylus. In a new study published today in Science, ...
Learn how specialized sensory cells and 500 million neurons help octopuses recognize mates and reproduce through touch alone.
How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.
Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...
The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...
Sensory organ in male cephalopod able to detect female hormone progesterone, even if male cannot see partner ...