Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the ...

The blue ring octopus, though small, carries a lethal venom 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide, capable of paralyzing and ...

The United States has a variety of venomous wildlife, including hornets, rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, Gila monsters, ...

The venom of Russell’s viper is hemotoxic, meaning it damages blood cells, disrupts the clotting process, and can result in ...

Over the past week the wild seas on the West Coast have brought an influx of hazardous marine creatures to the shore, ...

While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...

Professor Serdar Karakurt, a faculty member of the Department of Biochemistry at Selçuk University's Faculty of Science, has ...

The centre is home to about 150 of the world’s deadliest snakes, whose venom is regularly extracted through “milking”.

Toxicologist Jamie Seymour’s job is riskier than most: milking sea creatures of their venom to create life-saving antidotes, or antivenoms. Dozens of Irukandji jellyfish, some no bigger than a ...

Snakes are exclusively carnivorous, meaning that they only eat other animals — and in some cases, eggs. Their diets range ...

Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item and admired it. He thought about taking it home as a souvenir for his first trip to a coral reef, but decided against ...