The blue ring octopus's poisonous ability is enough to make anyone wary of its existence, but what really makes it so deadly? What makes the blue-ringed octopus’ venom the most dangerous in the ...

A blue-ringed octopus was spotted in the waters of Siquijor. According to Kuya Kim's report on "24 Oras," Wednesday, this ...

Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from one of nature’s most potent venoms ...

Image credit: Dr Wen-Sung Chung, UQ It may explain why the venom gland in the male blue-lined octopus is about three times the size of the female’s. As one of several blue-ringed octopus species ...

While most ants are harmless, the harvester ant has venom that rivals some of the deadliest snakes. Its sting is 20 times ...

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 ...

Tiny creatures like the Irukandji jellyfish, Blue-Ringed Octopus, Brazilian Wandering Spider, Cone Snail, Deathstalker ...

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 ...

Among the Hapalochlaena, or the blue-ringed octopuses, venom is often used in this way, being wielded by several species to fight threats and find food. But the venom of the blue-lined octopus ...

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