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 ...

Beachgoers are being urged to remember there are other critters that call our oceans home after a South Coast man was ...

Blue-ringed octopus found at Callan Park in Sydney Animal is one of world's most deadly sea creatures READ MORE: Dad paralysed after octopus bite at Balmoral Beach A deadly blue-ringed has been ...

Inspired by the small but deadly blue-ringed octopus, researchers have created a novel technology that rapidly changes color and appearance under various kinds of light, enabling camouflaging and ...

What started as a curious moment on a beach in the Philippines has turned into a sharp warning for travellers about touching unfamiliar wildlife. A British tourist, Andy McConnell, filmed himself ...

With a split-second muscle contraction, the greater blue-ringed octopus can change the size and color of the namesake patterns on its skin for purposes of deception, camouflage and signaling.

Andy McConnell shared a video of a blue-ringed octopus during a recent vacation in the Philippines A man captured himself unknowingly holding the world's deadliest octopus. On Thursday, Dec. 11, ...

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 ...

Andrew McConnell, a journalist and glass historian from Antiques Roadshow in the UK shared the experience to social media saying: “My close encounter with death. Exploring the world alone, 11,000km ...