Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A yellow octopus with blue rings on its body sitting on the seafloor An Australian teenager had a lucky escape after being bitten ...

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 ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Among the ocean's most dangerous creatures, size isn't everything; in fact, some of the smallest marine animals are among the most dangerous. For example, the blue-ringed octopus has an extremely ...

A woman in Australia was rushed to the hospital on Thursday after she was bitten by a highly venomous octopus. The unnamed woman in her 30s was swimming at Chinamans Beach in New South Wales when she ...