It's an unusual coupling: A linguist and a marine biologist are working together to investigate the human tongue. In their study, the USC Dornsife researchers are using two species of octopus and ...

Japan is known for being adventurous with snacks and deserts (new link), so perhaps it was only a matter of time before beef tongue found its way in an ice-cream cup.

The inner workings of octopus arms might seem a world away from everyday human life, but there’s a surprising amount of real-world utility to this research.

Octopus Arms, Human Tongues Intertwine for SciencePart of the challenge, the researchers noted, will be finding a common language to describe the movement of the human tongue, the octopus arm and ...

Some chemical in octopus skin acts as a repellent to the little suction cups on the arms, a surprise finding shows. Without it, the eight-armed creature would tie itself in knots.

Octopuses have been one of mapmakers' favorite symbols for hundreds of years—used primarily to portray threats of political movements, financial systems, warring empires and the unknown.

It looks like one of the most terrifying beasts of the deep - the Giant Pacific Octopus can be 20feet long and reach speeds of up to 25mph. Each of its eight arms has two rows of suckers, which ...

Freemans chef Michael Citarella has unveiled new brunch, dessert, and dinner menus, and there’s a debut item on the latter: Warm octopus and beef tongue with a salad of fennel and celery.

This same muscle arrangement enables elephant trunks and mammals’ tongues to unfurl. “The arrangement of the muscle in your tongue is similar to the arrangement in the octopus arm,” said Kier. In an ...

Divers have captured video of octopus cannibalism in the wild for the first time, revealing the cephalopods have a taste for their victim's arms.

If you screw your courage to the sticking place and visit some of the more authentic taquerías in our fair state, you can feast on cactus pad, octopus, tongue, tripe, and brains.

Freemans chef Michael Citarella assures us he wasn’t aware of Prune’s tongue-and-octopus dish and explains his own: “I was inspired by the ingredients, as they are two of my favorites, and ...