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 ...

Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, ...

Throughout the animal kingdom, resourcefulness often means the difference between a good meal and an empty stomach. And near coral reefs, where competition for food is particularly fierce, nature has ...

As a consequence they are incredibly productive, providing rich hunting grounds for the octopus but also support vast colonies of fur seals and other predators that are as likely to find the ...

This is the first time that evidence has been found of a neurotoxin being used in mating, rather than for hunting or defense ... But while other octopus species have evolved longer mating arms ...