Life in the ocean is perilous, and 78% of the captured octopuses were missing at least one arm due to encounters with ...
In lieu of a penis, the male has a special mating arm called a hectocotylus. In a new study published today in Science, ...
Male octopuses can fertilise a mate, even if they cannot see their sexual partner. View on euronews ...
Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...
The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...
When the scientists paired two male octopuses in the same setup, the males interacted by touching arms, but they never ...
Sensory organ in male cephalopod able to detect female hormone progesterone, even if male cannot see partner ...
The third right arm of male octopuses has a specialised role in mating, and the creatures take extra care to avoid damaging ...
To test their ideas, scientists observed California two-spot octopuses in tanks. They placed males and females on opposite ...
A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory ...
How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.