A few fun facts about the many-armed creatures. By Knvul Sheikh Octopuses, squids and their cephalopod cousins have haunted the human imagination for centuries. Their long, unfurling arms and ...

Cephalopods—mollusks like octopus, squid, and cuttlefish—seem to universally excite people. Many marine enthusiasts have a favorite, from the color-changing octopus to the multi chambered nautilus.

Coleoid cephalopods, which include squids, octopuses and cuttlefish, represent a dynamic and diverse group whose palaeontological record provides critical insights into evolution and adaptation in ...

Researchers took 3-D printed reconstructions of fossil cephalopods to actual water tanks (including a swimming pool) to see how their shell structure may have been tied to their movement and lifestyle ...

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Octopuses are really, really weird. Masters of disguise, they camouflage the skin on their flailing, eight-arm bodies and dive hundreds of feet below the surface of the sea. The intelligent creatures ...

For years, scientists have been fascinated by the way octopuses move — fluid, flexible and without the limitations of bones. But observing these complex motions in the extreme conditions of the deep ...