Don't let the beauty or size of the blue-ringed octopus fool you. While it's quite stunning, with bright yellow skin ...

News of dangerous animal encounters tend to travel very fast in Australia, but the sometimes "racist" victim blaming that ...

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.

Take this as a sign to stay away. The warning system of the blue-ringed octopus doesn’t seem to work on a lot of people, since many have taken too close a look, and been horribly bitten by its ...

There may be around 10 different species of blue-ringed octopus, though only four have been given scientific names. The greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is about 12 centimetres ...

There may be around 10 different species of blue-ringed octopus, though only four have been given scientific names. The greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is about 12 centimetres ...

Paramedics are reminding people not to touch the venomous blue ringed octopus after a woman was rescued from a bite of that octopus in Sydney recently. Groups of blue-ringed octopuses are known ...

That's the reality for those unlucky enough to be bitten by a blue-ringed octopus. Initially its bite is painless. But quickly the fast-acting toxin goes to work, paralysing its target.

Blue-ringed octopus are famed for being one of the most venomous animals on the planet, and the symptoms from a bite are the stuff of nightmares. But how worried do you need to be?

Don't let the beauty or size of the blue-ringed octopus fool you. While it's quite stunning, with bright yellow skin patterned with small blue rings that intensify when it is threatened or under ...