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 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 ...

A fisherman got the surprise of his life when he spotted a blue-ringed octopus clinging to rocks in the city’s north. Richard Blyth was fishing by the North Shore pier this week when he noticed the ...

A Geelong mother has issued a warning after her eight-year-old spotted one of the world’s deadliest creatures swimming among children at a tourist hotspot on New Year’s Day. Off-duty paramedic Bek ...

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 ...

Among the ocean's most dangerous creatures, size isn't everything; in fact, some of the smallest marine animals are among the most dangerous. For example, the blue-ringed octopus has an extremely ...

Off-duty paramedic Bek Groten’s evening stroll along the Geelong foreshore on New Year’s Day was interrupted when her son alerted her to the lethal animal. “The tide was out so he was just running ...

What started as a curious moment on a beach in the Philippines has turned into a sharp warning for travellers about touching unfamiliar wildlife. A British tourist, Andy McConnell, filmed himself ...

A British traveller narrowly avoided tragedy after unknowingly handling one of the most venomous animals on Earth while holidaying in the Philippines. The man filmed himself picking up what he ...