If disturbed, it pulls its cloak over its head to expose spiny projections on its arms. It also exudes bioluminescent, blue mucous from the tips of its arms. This may dazzle potential predators or ...

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It has blood red skin, webbed tentacles, and strange spines that make it look like something out of a nightmare. Meet the ...

A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Rhode Island has observed a never-before-seen defensive strategy used by a small species of deep-sea squid in which the animal counter-attacks a predator ...

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and Yale shows that the oldest ancestors of the group of animals that includes octopuses and vampire squids had not eight but ...

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A recent discovery within the coleiod cephalopod species has further pushed back its known origin by approximately 82 million years, making it the oldest known vampryopod. Research recently published ...

It may seem like a small difference, but the number of arms a cephalopod has completely changes the way it survives. From ...

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and Yale shows that the oldest ancestors of the group of animals that includes octopuses and vampire squids had not 8 but 10 ...