Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living things, including humans. Tetrodotoxin is most famously known from pufferfish — ...

An Australian teen nearly died when he was bitten by a poisonous blue-ringed octopus hiding in a shell he scooped out of the ocean to show his niece. Jacob Eggington, 18, was swimming and looking ...

Australia Australian woman hospitalized after deadly blue-ringed octopus bites her multiple times Venom from blue-ringed octopuses is 1,000 times more powerful than cyanide, according to the Ocean ...

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 ...

Measuring just 4 centimeters (around 1.5 inches) across, the species has been named the Carnarvon flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis carnarvonensis), a nod to its discovery in the deep waters of ...

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

Some octopus species may deliberately throw stuff to defend personal space. November 17, 2022 More than ... Australia, from 2015 and 2016, ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, according to a new study.