Discover how octopuses challenge our understanding of intelligence with their unique brains, autonomous arms, and potential ...

While it seems like researchers are finding new fossils all the time, it is actually quite rare for an animal to become fossilized. The vast majority of all animals that ever lived do not become ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, octopuses have demonstrated an ability previously thought exclusive to vertebrates: using ...

The octopus is one of the strangest animals ever to evolve. With 500 million neurons—most of them located in its eight arms ...

A jaw tip worn down by nearly a tenth does not sound like much until you picture what it means. Chipping, cracking, scratches and polish do not appear on their own. Something was hitting back. That is ...

Seven hundred million years ago, a remarkable creature emerged for the first time. Though it may not have been much to look at by today's standards, the animal had a front and a back, a top and a ...