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The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...

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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.

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A beloved deep-sea diva has taken her final bow. ‘Ghost,’ a giant Pacific octopus who captivated visitors at the Aquarium of the Pacific, has died after entering the final, haunting stage of her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A beloved octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach has died, officials announced Wednesday. The giant Pacific octopus ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A beloved octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach has died, officials announced Wednesday. The giant Pacific octopus named Ghost died on Tuesday. Back in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ghost, the Long Beach Aquarium's beloved giant Pacific octopus, has died, the aquarium announced in a news release. Ghost died ...