Researchers documented risk-averse behavior in male octopuses to safeguard a specialized reproductive arm. The right third ...

The California two-spot octopus is a solitary creature. How exactly they manage to find suitable mates has been one of the ocean’s best-kept secrets. Now scientists have discovered that male octopuses ...

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 ...

Octopus mating behaviors can be quite deadly. Many species are cannibalistic, making the entire prospect of mating dangerous, and female octopuses often die after laying one clutch of eggs. 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 — to ...

Octopus mating behaviors can be quite deadly. Many species are cannibalistic, making the entire prospect of mating dangerous, and female octopuses often die after laying one clutch of eggs. Their ...

The mating process in octopuses does not involve vision as a means of identifying a mate. Rather, the animals employ a process which is referred to as “taste by touch,” where the limbs of octopuses ...

It’s not uncommon for sex in nature to include a bit of violence. But in the shadowy tide pools and coral reefs of the Pacific, an extraordinary duel is unfolding. The blue-lined octopus ...

The specialized arm that male octopuses use for mating is also a sensory organ that can detect the ovarian hormone progesterone, according to new experiments conducted by Pablo Villar and colleagues.