New research at the UO reveals that they have been using one that has existed for 480 million years. The octopus has just ...

What stands out the most about this ancient cephalopod sex chromosome is how little the chromosome has changed over time.

One day, late in January, a friend and I watched two Steller sea lions swimming near Pt. Louisa. One of them held a front flipper high above the water for several minutes. We often see this behavior, ...

Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart from the nautilus on ...

The research suggest octopus and other cephalopods, like squid and cuttlefish, all rely on the ancient chromosome to ...

Scientists at University of Oregon discover one of the oldest known animal sex chromosomes in California two-spot octopus.

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The Celtic rainforest used to stretch all across Britain but over the centuries (thanks to destructive human activity) has shrunk to just one percent of the country’s land area. Right now, a ...