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 ...

Watching an octopus punch an annoying fish is hugely satisfying to frustrated humans. And other animals do the ...

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 ...

A Geelong mother dismissed her eight-year-old when he shouted he’d found a blue-ringed octopus at Eastern Beach – until she ...

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 ...

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 ...

Octopuses already exist in a strange corner of the animal world, with soft bodies, problem-solving brains, and the ability to ...

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 ...

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