Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from ...

Nature unveiled another mystery when an octopus was caught cruising through the waters of New Zealand — by hitching a ride on ...

Rather than pouncing on its prey, the larger Pacific striped octopus extends a tentacle and taps its victim, startling it into the octopus's deadly embrace. (Video courtesy Roy Caldwell ...

One summer day off the northern coast of New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine noticed something strange on the water’s surface.

Some scientists claim that octopuses could be the next big species after humans go extinct and that there is much to learn ...

The blue ring octopus, though small, carries a lethal venom 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide, capable of paralyzing and killing a human within minutes. There is no antidote for its venom, and the ...

Imagery of the "amazing" act was caught by Amy's colleague off the country's western coastline near Mandurah, 70 kilometres ...

Scientists have found that male blue-lined octopuses inject venom and paralyse females during sex to avoid being killed and cannibalised by their much larger partners. At such a critical moment in US ...

While camouflaged on the ocean floor off the coast of Israel in the Red Sea, octopods use their arms to grab unsuspecting prey 8 Mind-Boggling Facts About the Octopus (03:59) What Is an Aurora?

Although both sexes produce TTX for immobilizing prey and defending themselves, researchers noted the male blue-lined octopus salivary glands are as much as three times heavier than those found in ...