Coleoid cephalopods (octopus, squid and cuttlefish) have unusually complex nervous
systems. The coleoid nervous system is also the only one currently known to recode the …

Cephalopods are remarkable among invertebrates for their cognitive abilities, adaptive
camouflage, novel structures, and propensity for recoding proteins through RNA editing …

The coleoid cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus, and squid) are a group of soft-bodied mollusks
that exhibit a wealth of complex behaviors, including dynamic camouflage, object mimicry …

Cephalopod research remains limited by the inability to culture species under laboratory
conditions for multiple generations to provide continuous access to animals at all stages of …

Interest in cephalopods as comparative models in neuroscience, cognition, behavior, and
ecology is surging due to recent advances in culture and experimental techniques. Although …

For centuries, earthenware pots, like the octopus trap (takotsubo) in Basho's poem (Fig. 1),
have been used to catch octopuses. To this day, we capture octopuses, for food and for …

As highlighted on the cover, this issue of Current Biology features a collection of articles on
cephalopods, focusing in particular on neurobiology and behavior in this group …

In much of neurobiological research, senescence and death are regarded as negative
outcomes of aging. In the lives of animals, however, death may occur in many different ways …

Head bob behavior in octopuses is frequently described as a motion parallax behavior for
depth perception but there is no quantifiable data to support this claim. This study measured …

The Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus, Octopus chierchiae, is a small iteroparous octopus
known to inhabit intertidal regions of the Pacific coast of Central America. Many details about …