In the dark depths of the sea, where vision is difficult, meeting a mate becomes a problem. Octopuses, which are highly ...

Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus ...

The hectocotylus is both a reproductive organ and a sensory organ, a rare combination in animals, new research suggests ...

For mating male octopuses, one limb is more important than all others. That is the third right arm or hectocotylus, which is ...

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“It makes sense that the arm is both the sensor and the mating organ because in these chance encounters, the arm has to be ...

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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 ...