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 ...

These movements help octopuses explore their environments, manipulate objects, and catch prey. Recent research reveals a fascinating secret behind this flexibility: segmented nervous system circuitry.

A study from the University of Chicago has revealed a critical mechanism in the octopus's nervous system that allows for exceptional movement in its eight arms and hundreds of suckers. The study ...

The architecture of the octopus nervous system, showing (f) the arm, (g) the nerves of the suckers, (h) the axial nerve cord and (i) the neuronal segmentation. (Olson et al., Nat. Commun., ...

Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity, bending, twisting, and curling with nearly infinite degrees of freedom. New research from the University of Chicago revealed that the nervous system ...

Octopuses are among the most remarkable examples of creatures with colour-change capacity in nature. Using a highly sophisticated chromatophore system controlled by radial muscles, which are ...

Octopus arms use a segmented nervous system for precise movement and sensory control of suckers, forming a spatial map called “suckeroptopy.” Research revealed that similar structures exist in squid ...

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