A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory system and can even couple at arm's length without actually seeing each other.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides). David Liittschwager, National Geographic Image Collection The California two ...

In the dark depths of the sea, where vision is difficult, meeting a mate becomes a problem. Octopuses, which are highly intelligent beings that generally avoid social contact, do not meet often.

Octopuses are the closest things to real-life aliens we’ve ever encountered. The more we learn about them, the stranger they reveal themselves to be. For instance, a new study published in the journal ...

The California two-spot octopus is a solitary creature. How exactly they manage to find suitable mates has been one of the ocean’s best-kept secrets. Now scientists have discovered that male octopuses ...