The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...

A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory ...

Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...

The octopus is one of the smartest creatures alive on earth today—and they have tons of strange and amazing adaptations that ...

All octopuses start out as teeny, tiny plankton, and most grow up to settle down on the seafloor. The blanket octopus, ...

Scientists have learned how male octopuses' specialized sperm-depositing arm knows where to go ...

New research reveals how octopuses essentially have a tongue, an arm, a penis and a sperm cell all rolled into one appendage.

Doubts that the United States would come to the aid of NATO allies increase each time, prompting Europeans to consider an alliance without Washington. By Steven Erlanger The U.S. space agency launched ...

Twenty years ago, California farmers bet big on the pistachio. The little green nut was considered niche in the United States, but it was a staple in Iran and the surrounding region. That gamble has ...

Review: Darwin's Paradox is a brief but wonderfully charming adventure that mixes platforming, puzzling and stealth.