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 ...

The blue-ringed octopus may be tiny, but its venom is deadly. A video of a man holding this world's venomous animal goes ...

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, ...

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 ...

Shocking video has captured the moment an oblivious UK tourist had a brush with death after inadvertently handling one of the most venomous creatures in the world.

A British tourist narrowly escaped a fatal encounter in the Philippines after handling a venomous blue-ringed octopus, ...

A tiny but highly dangerous sea creature has prompted a critical safety alert on the south coast of Western Australia. The City of Albany has issued a warning following reports of a blue-ringed ...

McConnell later said he was unaware of the danger at the time and only understood the seriousness after his post went viral.

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 ...

A viral beach clip has become a cautionary tale about how quickly a harmless-looking encounter can turn dangerous in tropical waters.

I try to imagine what would happen if a small sea creature with the capacity to kill 26 humans turned up on an Irish beach.