On May 8 new nature documentary Octopus! was released on Prime. The underwater documentary, produced and narrated by Phoebe ...

Like most octopus species, the blue-lined octopus follows a reproductive pattern known as semelparity—mating once before dying. Males perish shortly after copulation. Females, once their eggs ...

This is called semelparity, and its alternative (living to reproduce repeatedly) is called iteroparity. In plants, the terms monocarpy and polycarpy are sometimes used instead of semelparity and ...