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 ...

Normally, the blue-ringed octopus is brown or cream in colour, blending easily with rocks and sand. But when disturbed, it ...

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, ...

Nature's deadliest creatures employ distinct defense mechanisms. Venomous animals inject toxins through bites or stings, like cobras and jellyfish. Po ...

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 ...

Earth's oceans are home to some of the most venomous species on Earth, delivering stings and bites that can kill a human in minutes. And venomous marine critters will become more common as climate ...

SYDNEY, Australia (WJW) – A woman swimming by a beach near Sydney, Australia was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after reports say she was bitten twice by an extremely venomous blue-ringed ...

A woman in Australia was rushed to the hospital on Thursday after she was bitten by a highly venomous octopus. The unnamed woman in her 30s was swimming at Chinamans Beach in New South Wales when she ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

A tourist visiting Australia has unknowingly had a brush with death after filming themselves handling a very dangerous creature. Footage uploaded to Reddit shows the unwitting tourist holding a deadly ...

A diver has captured a dramatic video of a crab squaring up to an octopus on the seabed in Australia. The video sees the blue-ringed octopus crawling along the seabed before encountering the crab, ...