This species of octopus is also known as the paper nautilus (the shell it builds to hold its eggs is made of paper-thin calcium carbonate). The Chinese name for the species translates to “white ...

And after more digging, they also found evidence for the chromosome in the nautilus, a mollusk that split apart from the octopus approximately 480 million years ago. The fact that these species ...

Have you ever heard of the Dumbo Octopus? This fascinating creature may not be as well-known as its more famous octopus relatives, but it has some incredible abilities. Named after the Disney ...

Their findings, published Monday in the journal Current Biology, indicate that octopus has one of the oldest known animal sex chromosomes, one that has likely been around since before the creatures ...

The species is closely related to a cuttlefish even though it looks like a cross between an octopus and a squid, according to researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus. Produced by Claudia Romeo More ...

The animal looks like a cross between a squid and an octopus but is closely related to a cuttlefish, according to the Nautilus Live website. They spend their life on the sea floor, buried in the ...

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 ...