Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unlike a tail, octopus arms are boneless. Olson explains that “there are many gross similarities [between the ANC and vertebrates’ ...

A mating pair of wild Octopus americanus, one displaying the arm action “raise.” A new study of octopuses in the wild found that all eight arms can do multiple actions, but their front arms are ...

Washington — Humans may be right-handed or left-handed. It turns out octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they do tend to perform some tasks more often with their front arms, new research shows.

The eldritch, alien movements of octopus arms have captivated people for generations. These underwater cephalopods don't have just one brain but nine, with each of their arms able to act ...

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 behind their movements, ...

Octopuses are not much like humans — they are invertebrates with eight arms, and more closely related to clams and snails. Still, they have evolved complex nervous systems and are capable of a wide ...

The large nerve cord running down each octopus arm is separated into segments, giving it precise control over movements and creating a spatial map of its suckers. Octopus arms move with incredible ...

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 ...

The octopus is a striking creature. Their most defining feature, of course, is their eight arms. A new study of octopuses has now documented exactly how those eight arms are used in the wild.

Quick Take Picking up a live electric wire and swinging it around sounds like a terrible idea. For the blanket octopus, it is ...