Watching an octopus punch an annoying fish is hugely satisfying to frustrated humans. And other animals do the ...

The Abdopus octopus is found in intertidal zones along the Northern Australian coastline. Rather than being restricted to rockpools at low tide, the Abdopus octopus can pull itself out and crawl ...

This octopus behavior might look funny at first glance, but it reveals how evolution solves complex problems in unexpected ways.

The tiny but deadly blue ringed octopus can paralyze and kill humans in minutes, with no known antidote.

Venom is one of nature’s most effective (and fascinating) survival tools. Across the world, a wide range of animals have ...

At first glance, a hippopotamus looks like a lazy, oversized river animal that spends its days floating peacefully in water. But beneath that calm exterior is one of Africa’s most aggressive mammals.

A father described the terrifying moment when one of the sea's deadliest creatures nearly claimed his life. Jaun-Paul 'JP' Kalman was paddling in the shallow waters of Balmoral Beach, located in ...

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British journalist Andy McConnell had a "brush with death" when he handled one of the world’s deadliest octopuses during a trip to the Philippines. The writer and author, who regularly appears on BBC ...

Andy McConnell shared a video of a blue-ringed octopus during a recent vacation in the Philippines A man captured himself unknowingly holding the world's deadliest octopus. On Thursday, Dec. 11, ...

A British man in the Philippines unknowingly handled one of the deadliest animals in the world on Wednesday. Andy McConnell was vacationing in the Philippines when he stumbled across a blue-ringed ...

Sometimes life taps you on the shoulder and gives you a gentle warning. Other times, it hands you one of the most venomous creatures on Earth — and lets you live to tell the tale. That’s exactly what ...