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

The blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata) is only a few centimeters long, yet it may be one of the most dangerous ...

Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and cannibalised by their much larger partners. At such a critical moment in US ...

But while other octopus species have evolved longer mating arms that allow them to maintain a safe distance during copulation and avoid this fate, blue-lined octopuses have a comparatively short ...

And in the case of the male blue-lined octopus, his neurotoxin supply serves as a defensive mechanism against his mate. Sexual cannibalism is documented across a wide range of species ...

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

In octopus mating, the male inserts an arm that acts as a reproductive organ into the female's reproductive organ to transfer sperm. The male reproductive arm is distinguished by the absence of ...

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

It’s an octopus-eat-octopus world. Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the hearts of female octopuses ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A small octopus, unique to Penghu, mates each year around the Tomb Sweeping holiday, leading Penghu ...

An Australian diver recently captured footage of a courtship display by an octopus in Rye, Victoria. Emily May, who runs the @emilymaydive Instagram account, was on a diving expedition at Rye Pier ...