Argonauta Argo is an octopus but not quite the typical one. Even the sound of its name suggests that it is more intriguing than you would expect. The female species can create a protective shell for ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) Led by corresponding authors Masa-aki Yoshida from Shimane University and Davin Setiamarga from National Institute of ...

For thousands of years, a fist-sized octopus called the argonaut has baffled scientists. Even Aristotle wondered why this creature wraps its body in a thin “paper nautilus” to swim. Now, video ...

Scientists from Museum Victoria have discovered the purpose of the shell of the argonaut octopus while swimming with the creature in the Sea of Japan.

AS WAVES lapped at the boat, Jeanne Villepreux-Power adjusted her heavy dress. She’d been there for 3 hours, trying not to startle the small, shelled octopus in its underwater cage. She was about to ...

Warm ocean currents off the coast of Southern California delivered a surprise to a couple of squid fishermen this past weekend. A female argonaut ― an octopus also called a paper nautilus ― turned up ...