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

While the bite from a venomous blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata) can result in a painful, potentially life-or-death emergency for humans, new research indicates it’s part of everyday ...

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

This isn’t your typical Discovery Channel special. Footage of a Maori octopus trying to snack on a draughtboard shark has ...

describing the males as a “final snack.” But while other octopus species have evolved longer mating arms that allow them to maintain a safe distance during copulation and avoid this fate ...