Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living ...

An Australian teenager had a lucky escape after being bitten by an extremely toxic blue-ringed octopus. A toddler also came close to touching the deadly cephalopod.

Find out what you need to know about a blue-ringed octopus bite, and discover how it's treated, and how it may affect health.

Blue-Ringed Octopus Has Enough Venom to Kill 26 Adult Humans Within Minutes? Several social media users claimed the bite is painless and that no antiserum exists.

Eating the octopus can also lead to poisoning, with there being at least one case of someone having become ill after accidentally consuming a blue-ringed octopus in Taiwan.

The unnamed woman in her 30s was swimming at Chinamans Beach in New South Wales when she was bitten on the stomach by a blue-ringed octopus.

A deadly blue-ringed has been spotted in a densely-populated section of the Parramatta River in Sydney 's inner west for the first time since the 1960s. The golf ball-sized creature was found at ...

A woman swimming at a beach in Sydney, Australia was bitten by a blue-ringed octopus on Thursday, which is one of the most deadly marine animals in the world.

Inspired by the blue-ringed octopus, researchers have created a technology that rapidly changes color and appearance under various kinds of light, enabling camouflaging and signaling. The tech ...

Looks can be deceiving. That's definitely true for the blue-ringed octopus. It's tiny, stunningly beautiful and looks harmless. Yet its venom could kill 26 men in minutes.

The blue-ringed octopus, a tiny sea animal, has an incredibly lethal bite. Its venom is 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide and can rapidly paralyze and even kill a human.

Looks can be deceiving. That's definitely true for the blue-ringed octopus. It's tiny, stunningly beautiful and looks harmless. Yet its venom could kill 26 men in minutes.