By Davide ManciniPaola Margu ASTURIAS, Spain, and YUCATÁN, Mexico — On a mild February morning, Isaac Blanco quickly places ...

After eight years of research, they've successfully raised five generations of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) in captivity ...

Octopuses are seen as smart and solitary. A seafood company plans to farm them commercially. Octopus garden? Sure. Octopus farm? No way, say the animal's advocates.

The neural architecture of Octopus vulgaris. New study by Prof. Benny Hochner from the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at The Hebrew University and Prof. Jeff Lichtman from Harvard ...

Fishermen in Plymouth say their livelihoods are under threat from a woke rule that allows invading hordes of octopus to eat their entire catch - just a week after they were sold out by Keir Starmer.

A chromosome-level reference genome for the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1797). G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics , 2023; DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad220 Cite This Page : ...

An octopus vulgaris - or common octopus - can grow up to 1.3 meters in length and weigh anywhere from 6.6 to 22lbs, according to National Geographic.

Octopus vulgaris has up to 150,000 chromatophores, or pigment sacs, in a single square inch of skin. Like many cephalopods, the common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is thought to be colorblind.

Each octopus arm is thought to have around 10,000 neurons dedicated to sensing its surroundings. Other research shows that octopuses are the only invertebrates, besides a few insects, to use tools.

Octopus vulgaris has up to 150,000 chromatophores, or pigment sacs, in a single square inch of skin. Like many cephalopods, the common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is thought to be colorblind.

Prof. Hochner (Hebrew University) and Prof. Lichtman (Harvard) reveal Octopus vulgaris' neural intricacies for learning via advanced mapping. Unique interneuron types in a feedforward structure ...