Just when you thought octopuses couldn’t get any weirder: It turns out that their suckers have an unexpectedly hairy grip. Octopuses can form an impressively tight grip—even on a rough... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
It’s such wonderful warm weather in the UK at the moment, I thought it was time to celebrate with another butterfly post! I particularly wanted to take a closer look at the butterfly... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Scientists in Australia have warned that we’d better get hopping and slow down climate change if we want to prevent the world’s smallest kangaroo from going extinct. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
DNA from the skeleton shows similarities to modern Native Americans, while its skull structure matches those of Paleoamericans that came across the Bering land bridge -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
An octopus might be one of the most intelligent invertebrates, but it doesn’t always know what, exactly, its arms are doing. How these animals manage to avoid tangling themselves up is a major... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A bloom of new jellyfish observed off the coast of Italy has turned out to be a previously undescribed species, likely involuntarily introduced by humans -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com