Before you can swim in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you’ll need to purchase a wetsuit. You’ll be able to get one early on ...

Venom is one of nature’s most effective (and fascinating) survival tools. Across the world, a wide range of animals have ...

A Pennsylvania bill would recognize pets as family members, elevating their status in situations such as divorce. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently passed House Bill 97, which would ...

Cephalopod evolution has long had a missing chapter in its story: how did squid-like ancestors give rise to today's octopuses? The answer, it turns out, was floating in the deep sea all along. With ...

The genetic link between squids and octopuses may just be found in the vampire squid genome. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Boosting a protein called Sox9 in the brain sends clean-up cells into overdrive, reversing signs of cognitive decline in mice with Alzheimer's. "Most current treatments focus on neurons or try to ...

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Scientists have sequenced the genome of the elusive “vampire squid from hell” for the first time, providing insights into the origin of cephalopods like octopuses. It’s the largest cephalopod genome ...

The elusive 'vampire squid from hell' has just yielded the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced, a monster clocking in at more than 11 billion base pairs – more than twice as large as the biggest ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna (Austria), National Institute of Technology—Wakayama College (NITW; Japan), and Shimane University (Japan) present the largest cephalopod genome sequenced to ...

In a study now published in iScience, researchers from the University of Vienna (Austria), National Institute of Technology - Wakayama College (NITW; Japan), and Shimane University (Japan) present the ...