A state-of-the-art fossil discovery technique shows that squids originated and quickly rose to become dominant predators in ...

Cephalopod researchers Carrie Albertin and Z. Yan Wang talk to John Dankosky about the newest puzzles coming to light in cephalopod genomes, including genes never seen in any other animals. Plus, ...

According to new research, this cephalopod has a trick hidden up its tentacles — or rather, its large brain. It reveals one surprising aspect of this creature's intelligence: self-control .

Over the course of evolution, sites where adenines are recoded in RNA in one cephalopod species are more likely than unedited adenines to be replaced with guanine in the DNA of one or more related ...

Squids first appeared about 100 million years ago and quickly rose to become dominant predators in the ancient oceans, ...

Genetics A Celestial Explanation for Cephalopods? The evolution of the octopus may be too idiosyncratic to align with Darwinism. Updated November 28, 2023 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma ...

Octopuses and other coleoid cephalopods are unique among invertebrates because of the complexity of their brain and nervous system. Scientists at the Max Delbrück Center (Berlin, Germany) and ...

The Art Angle The Art World’s Octopus Teacher. This week, co-host Ben Davis speaks to artist Miriam Simun about how cephalopods can help expand one's "definition of self." ...

Despite thousands of years of evolution, these binding sites were conserved in cephalopods, which indicates that these novel miRNAs have an important function. This huge array of miRNAs also ...

a monstrous cephalopod, ruled the oceans. Long before dinosaurs even dreamed of walking the land, Cameroceras inspired awe and fear, dominating ancient seas as a true titan. Its story is one of ...