In most octopus species it’s customary after sex ... they mate in a position where he’s as far from her mouth as possible, and when they’re done, the male runs away,” says marine biologist ...

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

The dumbo octopus is thought to use the hair-like cirri on its arms to waft food towards its mouth. This limits what the Dumbo octopus can eat, with them only consuming organisms up to 1-2 millimetres ...

While an octopus-dominated future may seem "improbable" at the moment, it "wouldn’t be the first time that an ocean-dwelling species took advantage of a land species extinction to adapt and ...