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

Octopuses are fascinating in more ways than one. Beyond their impressive intelligence, they also have other unique features like three hearts, an amazing ability to camouflage, and a central brain ...

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.

Octopus farming would be banned in Oregon under a bill that animal welfare advocates claim is necessary to protect the ocean ...

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

What stands out the most about this ancient cephalopod sex chromosome is how little the chromosome has changed over time.