While it renders them temporarily immobile, they suffer no lasting effects. Chung and his colleagues at the University of ...

The venom of the male blue-lined octopus is made for its predators, its prey, and, apparently, its mating partners. That's ...

The love life of a male blue-lined octopus is tough. Like praying mantises and widow spiders, a female blue-lined octopus will often kill and eat the male after mating. It's just a circle of life ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

which confirmed the octopuses could distinguish the two individuals, despite the fact they wore identical uniforms. Many male octopuses lack external genitalia and instead use a modified arm, called a ...

Now, researchers studying the octopuses have learned that not only do male blue-lined octopuses use their venom against enemies, but also against members of their own species — cannibalistic ...