While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...

In their recordings, they captured 13 instances of group hunting between big blue octopuses (Octopus cyanea) and different fish species. Typically, these hunting groups preyed upon mollusks or ...

And near coral reefs, where competition for food is particularly fierce, nature has cooked up an extraordinary solution: octopus and fish teaming up to hunt. This collaboration isn't just about ...

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 ...

The grisly discovery was made Sunday, March 2, as a team working with the Schmidt Ocean Institute explored waters 1,600 feet ...

Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and ...

The bill has drawn enormous public support but also raised fundamental questions about the intelligence of all the animals Oregonians eat.