Cephalopods are amazing creatures that can be very charming when they want to be, as witnessed by these picture
They can quickly process information to transform the shape, color, and texture of the world around them, blending in with their,They can talk, show signs of spatial learning, and use tools to solve problems.
Most scientists say that the most complex brains are found in cephalopods. They're known as the smartest animals on earth.
Researchers have long wondered how cephalopods get their big brains in the first place.
There’s a Harvard lab that studies the visual system of these hard-to-see and mostly nocturnal mammals. They think they've figured it out.
Researchers at the FAS Center for Systems Biology describe a new method that allows them to watch the growth of neurons in embryos in almost real time.
You’re the first cell, so you’ll likely develop into any kind of cell in the body. You can even become a neuron.
This study found that neural stem cells behaved in a strikingly similar way to the way they behave in vertebrates during the development of their nervous system.
One theory suggested that all the vertebrate and invertebrate brains share a common ancestor with the same neural structure that can develop into the highly complex nervous system of these creatures.
It's surprising how much we know about vertebrate nervous systems. A lot of what we think we know has been thought to be special to the vertebrate lineage.
Based on what we have learned about the process of how the brain is building itself, we conclude that these two independent nervous systems use the same mechanisms to build themselves.
As it turns out, many of the same genes that control the formation of individual neurons are also important for making large, complicated, brain circuits.
Scientists in the Koenig Lab studied the retina of a type of squid called a longfin squid, or Doryteuthis pealeii.
Squids are abundant in the Northwest Atlantic and grow to be about a foot long. Embryos look adorable. They have large heads and big eyes.