Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into ...

Did you know octopuses are highly intelligent animals with the ability to problem-solve complex puzzles – and even change ...

To humans, the bite of a blue-line octopus can be life-threatening, but within its own species, it’s just a regular […] ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...

Female black widows sometimes eat their mates after copulation. Female praying mantises are known for biting off the male's ...

"Mating ended when the females regained control of their arms and pushed the males off," the researchers noted.

Dead octopuses have been found along South Australian beaches as environment authorities say a microalgae bloom could be to ...

In the perilous world of cephalopod romance, male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a shocking strategy to survive mating.

Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating ...

Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from ...

Now, researchers studying the octopuses have learned that not only do male blue-lined octopuses use their venom against ...

While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...