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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIS is the horrific moment an aggressive octopus latches onto a snorkeler and nearly strangles him after its home was ...