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 ...

Attenborough documentaries aren't just glorious examples of television, they're useful for scientists in that they document some of the most difficult behaviours to observe in the wild. Last night ...

A common octopus fights off an attack by a pyjama shark in Blue Planet II. (Photo: BBC 2017) We’ve seen a lot of amazing things in the first four weeks of BBC America’s Blue Planet II, but the Feb. 17 ...

A blue-ringed octopus is one of the most dangerous animals in the ocean. Its bite can be fatal to humans. However, very few people have died from a blue-ringed octopus bite. These octopuses are not ...

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 ...

Mat Rogerson found a deadly blue-ringed octopus on his snorkeling gear in Australia, according to a Facebook post. Screengrab from Facebook Mat Rogerson regularly goes snorkeling off the coast of ...