Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

An Australian teenager had a lucky escape after being bitten by one of the world's most toxic animals, a blue-ringed octopus, after accidentally picking up the deadly cephalopod hiding in a shell. But ...

Antiques Roadshow historian Andrew McConnell shared a clip of himself handling one of the world's most venomous creatures at a Philippines beach.

A British tourist narrowly escaped a fatal encounter in the Philippines after handling a venomous blue-ringed octopus, ...

An Australian teen nearly died when he was bitten by a poisonous blue-ringed octopus hiding in a shell he scooped out of the ocean to show his niece. Jacob Eggington, 18, was swimming and looking for ...

A tiny but highly dangerous sea creature has prompted a critical safety alert on the south coast of Western Australia. The City of Albany has issued a warning following reports of a blue-ringed ...

McConnell later said he was unaware of the danger at the time and only understood the seriousness after his post went viral.

A relaxing stroll along Sydney Harbour could have turned deadly for one man and his dog after a brush with one of Australia’s most venomous sea creatures. Jesse Donnison and his dog Otto were walking ...

Along the rocky shores of eastern Australia, a small brown octopus is unassuming as it blends in with its surroundings. When the octopus is scared or hungry, however, it becomes one of the most ...

An Australian woman swimming at a Sydney beach was bitten multiple times by the dangerously fatal blue-ringed octopus on Thursday, according to reports. The Australian, a newspaper in Australia, ...

This is the terrifying moment a tourist picked up a 'beautiful' octopus that turned out to be a deadly blue-ringed creature. Randy Bartolay was wandering around a rocky shore and found the deadly ...

Octopuses have a few characteristics that make them stand out as one of the most intelligent mollusks in the ocean. These slippery, strange ocean creatures, characterized by their large craniums and ...