Genetic sequences called transposons help regulate learning. A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) in the Mediterranean Sea. Octopuses are brainy …
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Here's Why Octopuses Are Freakishly Smart and Humanlike
Octopuses are brainy creatures with sophisticated smarts, and now scientists have uncovered a clue that may partly explain the cephalopods' remarkable intelligence: Its genes have a genetic quirk that is also seen in humans, a new study finds.
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She even eats pieces of her own arms. The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) has a circular blue eyespot on both sides of its …
Cephalopods have been breaking the rules with their genomes. A Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) hunting at night at a coral reef in …
Watch debris from the sea bottom fly, as octopuses hurl sand and other projectiles at their neighbors in an Australian bay. A throw by a female …
It seems that the blueprint for complex brain development remains the same, despite 500 million years of divergent evolution. Longfin squid embryos at …
