Just four different movements make up the 12 distinct arm motions that wild octopuses utilize to achieve complex tasks, like probing rocks for food. Research from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL ...

An international team of researchers led by Hokkaido University has characterized the unique mechanics that enable Arcella, a ...

For years, scientists have been fascinated by the way octopuses move — fluid, flexible and without the limitations of bones. But observing these complex motions in the extreme conditions of the deep ...

The study is the first to relate arm movements in octopuses in the wild to whole animal behaviors in complex, real-world settings. Octopuses are among the most neurologically complex invertebrates, ...

Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have developed a new deep-sea camera system that captures their clearest look at octopus movement in the ocean’s darkest depths. New ...

Intriguing and incredibly unique, octopuses are cephalopods with three hearts that pump blue blood throughout their eight arms. These intelligent sea creatures have multiple brains — nine, to be exact ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Octopus arms are one of the most flexible structures known in all of the biological world. Their agility is so extraordinary that robotics researchers want to learn the secrets ...

Research describes a computational model that captures the intricate muscular architecture of an octopus arm. Mechanical engineering PhD candidate Arman Tekinalp, fellow graduate student Seung Hyun ...