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 ...

The blue ring octopus is a small animal with a lethal secret. Though small, this poisonous creature carries a powerful toxin that can kill a human being within minutes. What is even more frightening ...

Off-duty paramedic Bek Groten’s evening stroll along the Geelong foreshore on New Year’s Day was interrupted when her son alerted her to the lethal animal. “The tide was out so he was just running ...

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 ...

This octopus behavior might look funny at first glance, but it reveals how evolution solves complex problems in unexpected ways.

Humans are not the only species who practice 'safe sex', although this means something quite different for one species of octopus. Marine biologists from Australia have revealed that male-blue lined ...

A Geelong mother has issued a warning after her eight-year-old spotted one of the world’s deadliest creatures swimming among children at a tourist hotspot on New Year’s Day. Off-duty paramedic Bek ...