Should Hawaiʻi ban octopus farming? The practice is already almost non-existent around the world, and a facility in the ...

Just because some animals are solitary living does not mean that they do not have social interactions – Lindelani Mayuka Solitary lifestyles such as this are remarkably widespread across the animal ...

New research at the UO reveals that they have been using one that has existed for 480 million years. The octopus has just ...

We know octopuses are intelligent, but watch as this octopus surprises scientists by finding its own way to solve a problem.

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

The research suggest octopus and other cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, all rely on the ancient chromosome to ...

Scientists at University of Oregon discover one of the oldest known animal sex chromosomes in California two-spot octopus.

Scientists have sequenced the genomes of a handful of octopus species, but they can't link genes to specific traits the way they can in mice or even humans. When UO researchers recently sequenced ...

HB 2557 would make Oregon the third U.S. state to ban the practice, and also would ban the sale of farmed octopus.