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 ...

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 for ...

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 ...

An Australian diver witnessed “something incredible” when she encountered a southern blue-ringed octopus camouflaging itself in shells, a process she had never seen in action before. Jules Casey, who ...

A teenager is lucky to be alive after making an innocent mistake at a beach that left him in hospital. Jacob Eggington, 18, was swimming in the water collecting shells at Shoalwater Beach in ...

A woman has been bitten multiple times by one of Australia's most infamous and deadly creatures—the blue-ringed octopus. The victim was swimming on Chinamans Beach in Sydney's Lower North Shore when ...

The blue ring octopus is a small animal with a lethal secret. Though small, this poisonous creature carries a powerful toxin ...

A British tourist narrowly escaped a fatal encounter in the Philippines after handling a venomous blue-ringed octopus, mistaking it for a harmless baby. This tiny creature, packing a toxin potent ...

SYDNEY, Australia (WJW) – A woman swimming by a beach near Sydney, Australia, was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after she was bitten twice by an extremely venomous blue-ringed octopus, ...