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 ...

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 ...

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 viral video shows a British man holding blue-ringed octopus (Image: X/@CollinRugg) A viral video shows a man holding a tiny but deadly octopus. This creature is known as the blue-ringed octopus, one ...

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 ...

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 ...