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 ...

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 Geelong mother dismissed her eight-year-old when he shouted he’d found a blue-ringed octopus at Eastern Beach – until she looked closer and realised one of the world’s deadliest creatures was ...

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 ...

The tiny but deadly blue ringed octopus can paralyze and kill humans in minutes, with no known antidote.

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, ...

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 ...

A warning has been sent out to parents after a young girl unknowingly took home a deadly marine animal that was hiding in a shell on a Western Australian beach. After a day of playing on Coogee beach, ...