Shocking video has captured the moment an oblivious UK tourist had a brush with death after inadvertently handling one of the ...

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 ...

It’s an octopus-eat-octopus world. Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the hearts of female octopuses — to ...

Just one bite, sting, or touch is enough to send a person or animal to the afterlife in no time at all. Whether on land or in the water, it is often a race against time when the venom of these ...