Doctor Octopus returns with more arms than ever in All New Venom #8, because apparently eight tentacles just weren't enough ...

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

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

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Octopuses have a few characteristics that make them stand out as one of the most intelligent mollusks in the ocean. These slippery, strange ocean creatures, characterized by their large craniums and ...

During mating, some male octopuses inject females with their potent venom to paralyse them – and avoid being eaten by their ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...