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 ...

Don't let the beauty or size of the blue-ringed octopus fool you. While it's quite stunning, with bright yellow skin patterned with small blue rings that intensify when it is threatened or under ...

The Blue-lined Octopus is a species of octopus famous for its highly toxic tetrodotoxin, and inhabits the shallow waters and coral reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean from the Ogasawara Islands and the ...

The tiny octopuses are found in Australia’s and Japan’s coastal waters, where they take cover in coral reefs and tide pools. The octopus employs venomous bites to paralyse prey, which it feeds on in ...

A video of a tourist handling a deadly blue-ringed octopus in Bali has gone viral, highlighting the dangers of interacting with unknown marine life. These small octopuses possess a potent neurotoxin ...

A British man recorded himself handling a blue-ringed octopus - one of the most venomous animals on earth - while on holiday in the Philippines recently. Andy McConnell - who has been the glass expert ...

A 43-year-old man experienced four bouts of paralysis after a near-death encounter with a deadly sea creature on a popular beach in Sydney’s north. Jaun-Paul “JP” Kalman, 43, was swimming at Balmoral ...

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

Juan-Paul 'JP' Kalman thought he was picking up an oyster shell at Balmoral Beach when a venomous blue-ringed octopus wrapped ...

A snorkeler with an environmental passion made a deadly discovery on his goggles while he was gathering rubbish from underwater in Australia. Mat Rogerson shared a series of photos of the octopus ...

A deadly blue-ringed has been spotted in a densely-populated section of the Parramatta River in Sydney's inner west for the first time since the 1960s. The golf ball-sized creature was found at Callan ...