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 ...

Octopuses have a few characteristics that make them stand out as one of the most intelligent mollusks in the ocean. These slippery, strange ocean creatures, characterized by their large craniums and ...

As an octopus biologist, I get a call from the media every summer because someone has had an encounter with a blue-ringed octopus. Thankfully, everyone has been OK. Blue-ringed octopus are famed for ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...