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 ...

One hurricane and several feet of storm surge later, the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum and Aquarium in Sanibel has been focused on cleaning up and reopening. But museum staff have also been ...

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 ...

A shellfish caught by a fisherman in Suruga Bay, Japan, was not what it first appeared, according to Storyful Video shows an octopus emerge from a shell and then leap off the side of a boat to return ...

The amount of care that is required to take care of a pet is an understatement for those who aren't pet owners. Now, put yourself in the shoes of the aquarists at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

Equally mysterious and beautiful, octopuses are captivating creatures. There are over 300 octopus species, and they thrive in ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian scientists have discovery an octopus species that carries around coconut shells to hide in when threatened, behavior the researchers said was the first example of ...

It’s not every day that scientists discover a new species of octopus, but that is exactly what has happened off the coast of western Australia. During a CSIRO research expedition to the Carnarvon ...