The small blue ring octopus is extremely venomous, with toxin 1,200 times more powerful than cyanide. Its bite can swiftly ...

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

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

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

Learn more about the mating of blue-lined octopuses — a treacherous ordeal involving sex, cannibalism, and sedation.

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom to paralyse them before mating and avoid being eaten after sex.

Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and ...

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

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during mating to avoid being eaten, temporarily paralyzing their partners ...