Oceanography
Another species is developing a human-like brain.
Despite being separated by 500 million years of evolution, the blueprint for a complex, intelligent brain is preserved in the bodies of two species, one of which is huma…
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Oceanography
Four new species appear as 'hybrids' of extraterrestrial creatures
The deep waters of the Pacific Ocean have revealed four new species belonging to a family that scientists suspect is
Oceanography
5 Creatures That Evolved Into Crabs - Has Mother Nature Run Out of Shape Ideas?
Charles Darwin believed that evolution had created 'endless forms most beautiful'. However, his theory of evolution and his feelings do not explain why nature continues…
Animal world
First time filming the moment an octopus shoots rocks at predatory fish
Filmmakers have captured the moment an octopus fires a rock bullet at a predatory fish while hiding in a clamshell, like a sniper.
Oceanography
Octopus jumps on the seabed 4,800m deep
Scientists have filmed a big-eyed jellyhead octopus spreading its arms and inflating its underside to leap across the Pacific Ocean floor.
New technology
Octopus-inspired underwater sticky device
In testing, the adhesive device with a curved, elastic body and deformable membrane was able to maintain its strength through 100 cycles.
Oceanography
Octopuses cooperate with fish to hunt
Octopuses, which are traditionally solitary, have been found by researchers to exhibit complex cooperative hunting behaviors with fish, demonstrating leadership and coll…
Oceanography
The octopus sacrifices its arm to escape the eel
Videos shot by divers reveal that octopuses can cover their gills, blind their eyes or even sacrifice their arms in an effort to deal with calendar fish many times large…
Archeology
Diver gets scared when being led by an octopus to a tombstone on the seabed
The giant octopus was
Oceanography
Discovery of sex chromosomes 248 million years ago in octopuses
Scientists have discovered the oldest known sex chromosomes in octopuses and squids from 455 million to 248 million years ago - 180 million years earlier than the previo…
Oceanography
Top 72 largest marine animals in the world
It is interesting that the largest animals living in the sea are not fish but mammals.
Animal world
Why do octopuses eat eggs and gnaw their hands?
Many animals die soon after spawning, while the mother octopus eats her eggs when she is about to hatch, then bites herself, eats her arm… Why is that?
Oceanography
Find out why the octopus 'commits suicide' after having sex with its partner
Both male and female octopus go through a process
Science story
The world's first octopus super farm encountered opposition from the scientific world
Scientists say keeping hundreds of thousands of octopuses in closed cages is not the same as raising fish. Who knows what terrible thing could happen after that?
Oceanography
Going to the sea to play, the girl found a beautiful little octopus, who expected it to be more deadly than a king cobra
As it turned out, the octopus that the Australian girl picked up was a blue-spotted octopus, one of the most venomous species in the world.