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. But ...

A teenager from Australia nearly died after being bitten by a small — but incredibly venomous — sea creature. Jacob Eggington, 18, was looking for seashells for his young niece at popular Shoalwater ...

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 shell ...

A diver in Cyprus was amazed after an octopus he regularly swims with seemed to play a game of hide and seek with him. Matthew Hyatt, who posts daily videos of his attempt to befriend this octopus, ...

(CNN) — Craig Foster was diving, bare-chested, in bitterly cold waters off the southern-most tip of Africa when he saw her — an octopus hiding under a cloak of shells and stones. Enchanted, he began ...

The crinkly form of a small, dried octopus lay on a desk in Washington, D.C., 170 years ago. The curious cephalopod, which had been collected more than 7,000 kilometers away in Brazil, was one of ...

A freediver in Cyprus was surprised to play a game of hide-and-seek with an octopus on Sunday. The diver, Matthew Hyatt, who has posted daily video updates to his social media about his attempts to ...

Craig Foster was diving, bare-chested, in bitterly cold waters off the southern-most tip of Africa when he saw her — an octopus hiding under a cloak of shells and stones. Enchanted, he began following ...