Animal welfare laws don’t protect invertebrates, but there’s evidence that some, such as octopuses, are as intelligent as many mammals – even if their cognition takes very different forms.
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Researchers can use powerful microscopes to capture the tiny teeth in squid suckers.
Almost all the growth in global squid fishing has happened in unregulated waters, meaning fishing crews aren’t subject to conservation or marine management programs.
DNA analysis is beginning to reveal how wrong the long-accepted evolutionary tree is.
With nine brains, blue blood and a talent for camouflage, the octopus is one of the most fascinating creatures in the sea.
The fossil is the oldest known vampyropod to date.
By measuring how and when elephant seals sleep, researchers were able to figure out how elephant seals change their risk-taking behavior as they gain weight.
The new underwater robots successfully mimic the sea’s most efficient swimmers.
We recorded the largest number of bigfin squids ever seen in one area. Before this, this rather elongated creature had only been spotted a dozen times across the globe.
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous ‘toothed’ bird that lived for a period of about 60 million years after dinosaurs.
Colossal squid have eyes the size of soccer balls, and can weigh up to 700kg. That’s a lot of calamari!
Elusive and mysterious by nature, ordinary people are revealing the secrets of the UK’s octopuses.
Searching for animals thought to be extinct – or fictional – is difficult, painstaking and often disappointing. But new technology like drones offer hope of a boom in biological discovery.
A new study shows cephalopods edit messages from their DNA, allowing them to adapt faster to their environment.
Cephalopods are able to adapt rapidly to changing conditions.
The myth of a monstrous giant squid prowling the oceans has persisted for centuries but scientists have been able to reveal the truth behind the stories.
Eyes and wings are among the most stunning innovations evolution has created. Remarkably these features have evolved multiple times in different lineages of animals. For instance, the avian ancestors of…
In the featureless open ocean, perceiving distance can often prove an issue for divers and marine animals alike. A recent…
In romantic circles, reproduction is viewed as a harmonious venture between the sexes. After all, if you aim to produce the best offspring possible, wouldn’t it also be best to cooperate with your partner…
New insights have been made into how male southern bottletail squids produce the greatest number of offspring. The female…
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