February 20, 2021 By Richard Sima The New York Times
Even when an octopus can’t see light with its eyes, its arms seem to know it is there.
Octopuses Have a Secret Sense to Keep Their 8 Arms Out of Trouble
Octopuses Are Eight-Armed Taskmasters
December 30, 2020 By Cameron Duke Hakai Magazine
According to Eduardo Sampaio, a doctoral candidate at the University of Lisbon in Portugal and lead author on a new study documenting the behavior, there are a number of reasons an octopus might throw hands, from keeping its hunting partners in line to ejecting a parasitic group member.
How Low Can an Octopus Go
June 29, 2020 By Chris Baraniuk Hakai Magazine
In 1971, scientists photographed an octopus living 5,100 meters beneath the waves. It was the deepest-dwelling octopus ever seen—until now.