New York Post

Highly venomous male octopuses poison females before sex — to avoid being eaten after mating, scientists say

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Male Octopuses Use Venom to Subdue Female Mates—and Avoid Being Eaten After Sex

When they're alarmed, blue-lined octopuses display iridescent blue rings on their arms to ward off approaching predators. Totti via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Animals have evolved many ...
The Desert Sun

A win for the octopus: California bans the farming of octopuses for human consumption

Californians are prohibited from farming octopuses to eat following a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday. AB 3162 bans the aquaculture of any species of octopus for the purpose of being eaten ...
Scientific American

Drive-Through or Eat Out? How An Octopus Decides

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American It's amazing how much you can learn about an ...