Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...
The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...
Scientists have learned how male octopuses’ specialized sperm-depositing arm knows where to go ...
How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.