Learn more about the genetics of the vampire squid — a strange species whose genome suggests that modern octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish evolved from a squid-like ancient ancestor.

Scientists have spent years trying to work out if octopuses, whose brains have some remarkable similarities to our own, have dreams. A recent study even purported that the eight-armed cephalopods can ...

Zipping through water like shimmering arrowheads, cuttlefish are swift, sure hunters — death on eight limbs and two waving tentacles for small creatures in their vicinity. They morph to match the ...

Cephalopods have several tricks for blending in with their undersea surroundings: they can change color, pattern and even the shape of their skin.... Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish: Masters Of Camouflage ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

At the Marine Biological Laboratory, a nonprofit science center seated at the bottom of a seaside hill in Woods Hole, Mass., biologists are raising thousands of animals called cephalopods. These ...

Cephalopods, flies and even humans share genes needed to develop limbs, perhaps provided by a common ancestor. By Carl Zimmer The cuttlefish and its relatives, squid and octopuses, often strike human ...

Octopus, squid, and cuttlefish can change their skin’s colors, patterns, and textures in ways not seen anywhere else in the animal kingdom. You see what looks to be a clump of seaweed, and then it ...

Alexander Arkhipkin is affiliated with Fisheries Department of the Falkland Islands. Squid, octopus and cuttlefish populations are booming across the world. These fast-growing, adaptable creatures are ...

DNA of ‘vampire squid from hell’ helps explain how octopuses evolved - With its unusual combination of features, the deep sea ...

Their camouflage seems almost magical, but scientists have observed some tricks the cephalopods use to blend in with their surroundings. By Veronique Greenwood Put a cuttlefish on the spot — or, to be ...