A recent revival in using cephalopods as experimental animals has rekindled interest in their
biology and life cycles, information with direct applications also in the rapidly growing …

International regulations and guidelines strongly suggest that the use of animal models in
scientific research should be initiated only after the authority responsible for the review of …

Cephalopods are known for their large nervous systems, complex behaviors and
morphological innovations. To investigate the genomic underpinnings of these features, we …

This paper is the result of an international initiative and is a first attempt to develop
guidelines for the care and welfare of cephalopods (ie nautilus, cuttlefish, squid and …

Invertebrate study systems are cornerstones of biological and biomedical research,
providing key insights into fields from genetics to behavioural ecology. Despite the …

This article introduces and defends the “pathological complexity thesis” as a hypothesis
about the evolutionary origins of minimal consciousness, or sentience, that connects the …

Octopuses, which are among the most intelligent invertebrates, 1, 2, 3, 4 have no skeleton
and eight flexible arms whose sensory and motor activities are at once autonomous and …

It is difficult to imagine what an animal as different from us as the octopus 'thinks', but we can
make some progress. In the Umwelt or perceptual world of an octopus, what the lateralized …

Octopus' limb hyper-redundancy complicates traditional motor control system theory due to
its extensive sensory inputs, subsequent decision-making, and arm coordination. Octopuses …

Octopuses are active predators with highly flexible bodies and rich behavioral repertoires [1–
3]. They display advanced cognitive abilities, and the size of their large nervous system …