5 fun facts about octopuses Octopuses have a parrot-like beak, which is the only hard part of their body. The plural of octopus is "octopuses" or "octopi," according to Merriam-Webster.Some people ...

The dozen or so species that make up Grimpoteuthis are called Dumbo octopuses because of the two large fins—one on either side of the mantle—that protrude like ears. Add in the octopus’s ...

But in fact, any big shell will do—such as a conch. With a few of its suckers, this octopus is holding two halves of a clamshell. As you watch, it drops them and hoists itself up a little.

Johns Hopkins University researchers Gül Dölen and Eric Edsinger report that the drug induced social behavior in California two-spot octopuses (Octopus bimaculoides), much as it does in humans, ...

Octopuses have been part of Earth's ecosystem since the Late Jurassic period, around 140 million years ago. Today, they inhabit from coral reefs to ocean depths. Octopuses have a high metabolic ...

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus ...

Here’s a list of ten animals you might not have known were poisonous. The blue-ringed octopus is a small but deadly marine creature. Found in the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans ...

Venom and poison can both be deadly, but they're two distinct natural weapons ... is absorbed rather than injected through a wound,' explains Ronald. The blue-ringed octopus makes its own venom like ...

Octopuses have about as many neurons as a dog – the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, has around 500 million. About two thirds are in its arms. The rest are in the doughnut-shaped brain, which is ...