#Octopuses

TIL all octopuses are programmed to die after reproducing, as an optic gland hormone triggers rapid self destruction, with males declining within days to weeks after mating and females starving while guarding eggs until death, and none of the octopus live…

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.…

Extinct cephalopods might have been up to 19 metres in length and probably dined high up the food chain in ancient oceans. Extinct cephalopods might have been up to 19 metres in length and probably dined high up the food chain in ancient oceans.

Giant, fearsome octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas, according to new research that flips the script on their evolutionary past. By uncovering exquisitely preserved fossil jaws hidden inside rock, scientists revealed that early octopuses from…

Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, competing with large apex predators.

💬 4 🔁 24 ❤️ 101 · Sy Montgomery has written 21 books for children and adults, including "How To Be A Good Creature" and "The Soul Of An Octopus," which she wrote after befriending octopuses at t…

Unlike most of its invertebrate peers, octopuses gave up protective shells... But it seems that the sacrifice was totally worth it.

The third right arm of male octopuses has a specialised role in mating, and the creatures take extra care to avoid damaging it or losing it to a predator