Octopuses have gotten a reputation for being cunning camouflagers and intelligent creatures. But some are known for a more ominous reason: They're deadly. One group — the blue-ringed octopus (genus ...

This is the terrifying moment tourists unknowingly handled a highly venomous blue-ringed octopus. Holidaymaker Regine Niepes and her friends spotted the deadly cephalopod and picked it up from the ...

Octopuses have a few characteristics that make them stand out as one of the most intelligent mollusks in the ocean. These slippery, strange ocean creatures, characterized by their large craniums and ...