The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...
A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory ...
Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...
When the scientists paired two male octopuses in the same setup, the males interacted by touching arms, but they never ...
How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.
Scientists have learned how male octopuses' specialized sperm-depositing arm knows where to go ...
The health of female and male reproductive organ systems impacts all stages of life. In addition to being necessary for procreation and impacted by various diseases, reproductive system changes occur ...
Why do so few mammals go through menopause? Menopause happens when the older females of a species remain physically capable ...
By enforcing a ‘sex test’ for athletes, the International Olympic Committee has reignited the debate about what a ‘level ...
To test their ideas, scientists observed California two-spot octopuses in tanks. They placed males and females on opposite ...
Once described by a 16th-century anatomist as the "shameful member," the clitoris has historically been ignored in research ...
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