A British tourist narrowly escaped a fatal encounter in the Philippines after handling a venomous blue-ringed octopus, mistaking it for a harmless bab ...

The blue-ringed octopus may be tiny, but its venom is deadly. A video of a man holding this world's venomous animal goes viral online.

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 ...

British journalist Andy McConnell was enjoying a morning beach walk on Cebu Island in the Philippines when he came across a ...

A UK tourist unknowingly handled one of the world’s most venomous sea creatures while filming on a Philippine beach ...

A British traveller's casual beach video in the Philippines turned into a stark warning after social media identified the ...

McConnell later said he was unaware of the danger at the time and only understood the seriousness after his post went viral.

This is the terrifying moment a tourist picked up a 'beautiful' octopus that turned out to be a deadly blue-ringed creature. Randy Bartolay was wandering around a rocky shore and found the deadly ...

Andy McConnell, a journalist and glass historian, said he was on a routine morning beach walk when he noticed a group of ...

What started as a curious moment on a beach in the Philippines has turned into a sharp warning for travellers about touching unfamiliar wildlife. A British tourist, Andy McConnell, filmed himself ...

Inspired by the small but deadly blue-ringed octopus, researchers have created a novel technology that rapidly changes color and appearance under various kinds of light, enabling camouflaging and ...