Wild octopus arm movements reveal extraordinary control, offering insights that may transform robotics design and lifesaving ...

Octopuses and their arms are a bit of a mystery.  Not because scientists don’t know how they work; they’re boneless hydrostats, made up of... Untangling The Science of Octopus Arms Octopuses and their ...

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 ...

Researchers studied octopuses in the wild to learn whether they favor one of their eight arms over the others for certain jobs, but found the creatures give new meaning to ambidextrous.

The most detailed study ever of the complex motions of octopus arms as related to their behaviors will be published in Nature Scientific Reports this week by researchers from the Marine Biological ...

To build their visual dictionary, the researchers examined two hours of video footage each of 25 wild octopuses in a variety ...

Octopuses, renowned for their intelligence and unique arm dexterity, are inspiring robotics innovation. Researchers have ...

Octopuses tend to keep secrets, but we've just learnt how they achieve their extraordinary dexterity. The fine control these almost-alien animals have over each of their eight arms is at least ...

The regular Short Wave science roundup covers mysterious red dots in space, the neurons behind optical illusions and a study of octopus arms.