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 ...

A woman in Australia was recently bitten multiple times by a blue-ringed octopus — one of the world's most toxic animals — and lived to tell the tale. On March 16, the woman was bitten twice on her ...

The blue-ringed octopus is small, but its venom is powerful enough to kill multiple humans in a short time. It delivers neurotoxins that can cause rapid paralysis, making it difficult or impossible to ...

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 ...

A relaxing stroll along Sydney Harbour could have turned deadly for one man and his dog after a brush with one of Australia’s most venomous sea creatures. Jesse Donnison and his dog Otto were walking ...

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, ...

A Geelong mother dismissed her eight-year-old when he shouted he’d found a blue-ringed octopus at Eastern Beach – until she ...

A Sydney man is lucky to be alive after being bit by a poisonous blue-ringed octopus at Balmoral Beach. Police say there is no credible information that accused triple murderer Julian Ingram is in ...

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 ...