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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Sergeant Brian McKiterick told the Geelong Advertiser the local girl had been playing in a rock pool when she was attacked about 3pm. "Suddenly her airways have contracted and she started having ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SYDNEY, Australia (WJW) – A woman swimming ...

PERTH, Australia — An Australian teen who put a sea shell into his pocket with the intent of giving it to his niece nearly died when he was bitten by poisonous octopus that was hiding inside the shell ...

Andrew McConnell came across the blue-ringed octopus in the Philippines, not knowing it is one of the deadliest animals on the planet despite its small and cute appearance ...

A British man in the Philippines unknowingly handled one of the deadliest animals in the world on Wednesday. Andy McConnell was vacationing in the Philippines when he stumbled across a blue-ringed ...