The males have evolved to use a venom called tetrodotoxin (TTX) to immobilize females, which are normally around twice their size and commonly eat their sexual partners, study lead author Wen-Sung ...

Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating ...

The pancreas plays an important role because it produces enzymes that help us digest food. The researcher Raufman worked under wanted to know if there was anything in venom that would trigger the ...

maintaining a low level of competition for food with other large reptiles. The king cobra delivers a huge dose of venom with a single bite—one that can kill an elephant or several humans.