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

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

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

Animals have evolved many different ways of protecting themselves, from prickly quills and razor-sharp teeth to clever ...

Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the ...

"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 ...

The males have evolved to use a venom called tetrodotoxin (TTX) to immobilize females, which are normally around twice their size and commonly eat their sexual partners, study lead author Wen-Sung ...

The king cobra, despite its name, is not a true cobra but stands out due to its enormous size, unique snake-based diet, and ...

The venom from one of the previously known spitting scorpions, the southern African Parabuthus transvaalicus, is known to cause temporary blindness in humans if the sprays hit the eyes.