Quick Take The blue-ringed octopus has extremely potent venom, capable of killing a human victim. These octopuses contain a neurotoxin known as tetrodotoxin, one of the strongest toxins in marine ...

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The blue-ringed octopus shows bright patterns on the seabed in Australian waters, Australia. Its appearance is striking but signals danger. This contrast makes it fascinating and risky.

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do the same. Cephalopods like the giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) ...

British journalist Andy McConnell had a "brush with death" when he handled one of the world’s deadliest octopuses during a trip to the Philippines. The writer and author, who regularly appears on BBC ...

It is not every day that you watch a small act of care change the course of a sea creature’s life. In a widely shared Instagram clip, an octopus lies stranded at the waterline. A beachgoer gently ...

A British man recorded himself handling a blue-ringed octopus – one of the most venomous animals on earth, while on holiday in the Philippines recently. Andy McConnell, who has been the glass expert ...

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 ...

Sometimes life taps you on the shoulder and gives you a gentle warning. Other times, it hands you one of the most venomous creatures on Earth — and lets you live to tell the tale. That’s exactly what ...

SANTA FE, Philippines – 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 ...