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Evolution Dec 1, 2025

The functional principles of eye evolution: Light-sensitive stem cells provide new insight

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to grow throughout life—driven by a ring of neural stem cells reminiscent ...

Other Nov 29, 2025

Saturday Citations: Cute squid with scary name; potential detection of dark matter; fate of the AMOC

This week, researchers reported that weight and health markers may rebound when patients stop using some of the new hormonal gastric inhibitory polypeptide drugs. A prototype device can restore lost olfactory sense. And a ...

Plants & Animals Nov 26, 2025

The ingenuity of white oval squid camouflage brought to light

White oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana sp. 2), known locally as shiro-ika, are medium-sized squids naturally distributed in the Indian and western Pacific oceans, flittering in and out of a wide range of different habitats—from ...

Evolution Nov 25, 2025

Vampires in the deep: An ancient link between octopuses and squids

Researchers from the University of Vienna (Austria), National Institute of Technology—Wakayama College (NITW; Japan), and Shimane University (Japan) present the largest cephalopod genome sequenced to date. Their analyses, ...

Cell & Microbiology Nov 3, 2025

Scientists produce powerhouse pigment behind octopus camouflage

Scientists at UC San Diego have moved one step closer to unlocking a superpower held by some of nature's greatest "masters of disguise." Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and other animals in the cephalopod family are well known ...

Paleontology & Fossils Sep 26, 2025

New ichthyosaur species with robust ribs discovered in Jurassic clay pit

An international research team from Switzerland and Germany, led by Gaël Spicher (JURASSICA Museum, Porrentruy, Switzerland), has described a new ichthyosaur species based on fossils curated at the Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken ...

Plants & Animals Sep 13, 2025

Octopus arms reveal surprising range of motion in new behavioral catalog

Octopus arms are one of the most flexible structures known in all of the biological world. Their agility is so extraordinary that robotics researchers want to learn the secrets behind their movements, hoping to apply some ...

Plants & Animals Sep 12, 2025

Fans bid farewell to beloved California octopus Ghost as she cares for eggs in final stage of life

A dying octopus in a Southern California aquarium is receiving an outflowing of love and well wishes as she spends her final days pouring her last energy into caring for her eggs—even though they will never hatch.

Plants & Animals Aug 14, 2025

Ancient cephalopod, new insight: Nautilus reveals unexpected sex chromosome system

Nautiloids—a lineage of ancient, externally-shelled cephalopods that diverged from their octopus and squid relatives over 400 million years ago—once dominated our oceans.

Plants & Animals Jul 30, 2025

The giant cuttlefish's technicolor mating display is globally unique—an algal bloom could kill them all

Every year off the South Australian coast, giant Australian cuttlefish come together in huge numbers to breed. They put on a technicolor display of blue, purple, green, red and gold, changing hues as they mate and lay eggs.

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