The blue-ringed octopus, a small marine creature found in the Indo-Pacific region, harbors enough venom to kill 26 adult ...

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

Octopuses can taste with their arms, and a new study reveals that specifically, they're tasting chemical cues from microbes ...

Octopus uses symbiotic bacteria to sequester the venom. From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.

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 ...

Life Male octopus injects female with venom during sex to avoid being eaten. Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help ...

Looks can be deceiving. That's definitely true for the blue-ringed octopus. It's tiny, stunningly beautiful and looks harmless. Yet its venom could kill 26 men in minutes.

Blue-lined octopus venom is for enemies and lovers, researchers said. Wen-Sung Chung Along the rocky shores of eastern Australia, a small brown octopus is unassuming as it blends in with its ...

The purpose of the octopus beak taps into the discovery that all octopuses, cuttlefish, and some squid are venomous.Perhaps surprising to people who were familiar with the deadly venom of ...

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 ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, according to a new study.. The males have evolved to use a venom called ...