In lieu of a penis, the male has a special mating arm called a hectocotylus. In a new study published today in Science, ...
Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...
The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...
Octopuses are an extremely diverse group of sea life. With roughly 300 species in total, there are many octopus species that ...
A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory ...
How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.
Aquarium officials said that Ghost died of senescence, a natural end-of-life process for female octopuses that started after ...
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