Scientists have sequenced the genome of the \"vampire squid from hell,\" revealing it bridges the evolutionary gap between ...

The octopus is an animal with a seemingly endless amount of weird and wonderful traits, all the way down to its DNA. A new report published in the journal Cell has revealed yet another bizarre facet ...

Learn more about the genetics of the vampire squid — a strange species whose genome suggests that modern octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish evolved from a squid-like ancient ancestor. According to a ...

Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, where sunlight never reaches, a creature older than dinosaurs has quietly preserved secrets of evolution. The vampire squid, a mysterious denizen of the deep, has ...

While modern octopuses have DNA that consistently gets reshuffled, resulting in some chromosomal mixing, the researchers ...

Consider the cuttlefish. 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: ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the elusive “vampire squid from hell” for the first time, providing insights into the origin of cephalopods like octopuses. It’s the largest cephalopod genome ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish – even to scientists who study them – are wonderfully weird creatures. Known as the soft-bodied or coleoid cephalopods, they have the largest nervous ...

Cephalopods like octopuses, squids and cuttlefish are highly intelligent animals with complex nervous systems. In “Science Advances”, a team led by Nikolaus Rajewsky of the Max Delbrück Center has now ...

Earth scientists have discovered possibly the oldest cephalopods in Earth's history. The 522 million-year-old fossils from Newfoundland (Canada) could turn out to be the first known form of these ...