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 ...

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 ...

A teenager in Australia nearly died from a poison octopus' bite after he pocketed a seaside souvenir. 18-year-old Jacob Ettington was hunting for shells at Shoalwater Beach, near Perth, local outlet ...

This octopus behavior might look funny at first glance, but it reveals how evolution solves complex problems in unexpected ways.

An unnamed woman was bitten twice by a blue-ringed octopus, which contains one of the most dangerous neurotoxins on the planet, but she escaped relatively unharmed. When you purchase through links on ...