Female black widows sometimes eat their mates after copulation. Female praying mantises are known for biting off the male's ...

Researchers with the University of Auckland recently witnessed an extraordinary scene in which a mako shark appears to be ...

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

Nine-year-old Cal Clifford from Edmond, Oklahoma got Terrance the octopus on his ninth birthday, but the family got a ...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge will narrate and executive produce 'Octopus!,' a two-part nature documentary for Amazon Prime Video.

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 ...

Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating ...

The male octopus of this species precisely injects a dose of its deadly tetrodotoxin venom into the females to immobilise them during copulation, say researchers at the University of Queensland.

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 ...

Amazon Prime Video has ordered “Octopus!,” a two-part documentary special narrated and executive produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Per the official description, the documentary project ...