Octopuses may have gained some of their exceptional intelligence from the same evolutionary process that humans went through, a new study suggests. The process involved a sudden explosion of microRNAs ...
Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass. Should they serve as menu items, too? Whether stuffed into ...
Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...
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Octopuses are capable of sophisticated tasks, from solving puzzles to decorating their dens to remembering people's faces. So when a company in Spain announced that it wanted to commercially farm ...
Octopus!is a two-part docuseries, directed by Niharika Desai and narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (who is also an executive producer), that takes a look at how octopuses (octopi?) live, reproduce and ...